Imaging optical lens assembly, imaging apparatus and electronic device

ABSTRACT

An imaging optical lens assembly includes seven lens elements, the seventh lens elements being, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, and a seventh lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The seventh lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and having a critical point in an off-axis region thereof. The image-side surface and an object-side surface of the seventh lens element are both aspheric.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Taiwan Application Serial Number107102696, filed on Jan. 25, 2018, which is incorporated by referenceherein in its entirety.

BACKGROUND Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to an imaging optical lens assembly andan imaging apparatus, and more particularly, to an imaging optical lensassembly and an imaging apparatus applicable to electronic devices.

Description of Related Art

As semi-conductor manufacturing technology advances, the performance ofimage sensors has improved along with smaller pixels. Hence, opticallenses with high image quality are becoming an indispensable part of thespecification of modem electronic devices. Given the rapid developmentof technologies, applications of electronic devices with an optical lensimaging apparatus are expanding tremendously and the demands for opticallenses have diversified. It is difficult for conventional optical lensesto obtain a good balance among imaging quality, sensitivity, aperturesize, volume, and field of view, this present application provides animaging optical lens assembly aiming to meet the aforementionedrequirements.

SUMMARY

According to the present disclosure, an imaging optical lens assemblyincludes seven lens elements, the seven lens elements being, in orderfrom an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a secondlens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lenselement, a sixth lens element, and a seven lens element. The first lenselement with positive refractive power has an object-side surface beingconvex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element hasnegative refractive power. The seventh lens element has an image-sidesurface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and having at leastone critical point in an off-axis region thereof, wherein the image-sidesurface and an object-side surface of the seventh lens element are bothaspheric. An Abbe number of the second lens element is V2, an Abbenumber of the third lens element is V3, a focal length of the imagingoptical lens assembly is f, a curvature radius of an object-side surfaceof the third lens element is R5, a curvature radius of an image-sidesurface of the fifth lens element is R10, an axial distance between thefourth lens element and the fifth lens element is T45, an axial distancebetween the sixth lens element and the seventh lens element is T67, anaxial distance between the object-side surface of the first lens elementand an image surface is TL, a maximum image height of the imagingoptical lens assembly is ImgH, and the following conditions aresatisfied:V2+V3≤60;0≤f/R5;0≤f/R10;T67/T45<8.0; andTL/ImgH<1.80.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, an imagingapparatus includes the aforementioned imaging optical lens assembly andan image sensor.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, an electronicdevice includes the aforementioned imaging apparatus.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, an imagingoptical lens assembly includes seven lens elements, the seven lenselements being, in order from an object side to an image side: a firstlens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lenselement, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, and a seventh lenselement. The first lens element with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof; thesecond lens element has negative refractive power; the seventh lenselement has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial regionthereof, an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial regionthereof and having at least one critical point in an off-axis regionthereof, wherein the image-side surface and the object-side surface ofthe seventh lens element are both aspheric. An Abbe number of the secondlens element is V2, an Abbe number of the third lens element is V3, afocal length of the imaging optical lens assembly is f, a curvatureradius of the object-side surface of the third lens element is R5, acurvature radius of the image-side surface of the fifth lens element isR10, and the following conditions are satisfied:V2+V3≤70;0≤f/R5; and0≤f/R10.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 1stembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 1B shows aberration curves of the imaging apparatus according tothe 1st embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 2ndembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2B shows aberration curves of the imaging apparatus according tothe 2nd embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 3rdembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3B shows aberration curves of the imaging apparatus according tothe 3rd embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 4thembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4B shows aberration curves of the imaging apparatus according tothe 4th embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 5thembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5B shows aberration curves of the imaging apparatus according tothe 5th embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 6thembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6B shows aberration curves of the imaging apparatus according tothe 6th embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 7thembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7B shows aberration curves of the imaging apparatus according tothe 7th embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 8thembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8B shows aberration curves of the imaging apparatus according tothe 8th embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 9thembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9B shows aberration curves of the imaging apparatus according tothe 9th embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view showing parameters Y72, Yc62 and Yc72obtained from the example according to the 9th embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the10th embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 12A is a 3-dimensional schematic view of an electronic deviceaccording to the 11th embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 12B shows a block diagram of the electronic device according to the11th embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present disclosure provides an imaging optical lens assembly,including seven lens elements. The seven lens elements are, from anobject side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lenselement, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lenselement, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element.

The first lens element has positive refractive power for favorablyshortening the total track length and an object-side surface beingconvex in a paraxial region thereof, which can further enhance theconverging power of the first lens element.

The second lens element has negative refractive power, which can balancespherical aberration and chromatic aberration caused by the first lenselement. The second lens element may have an object-side surface beingconvex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface beingconcave in a paraxial region thereof, which is favorable for correctingastigmatisms.

The third lens element may have an image-side surface being concave in aparaxial region thereof and at least one critical point in an off-axisregion to correct aberrations in the off-axis region.

The fourth lens element may have an image-side surface being convex in aparaxial region to reduce surface reflection of surrounding light and toenhance illumination on an image surface.

The sixth lens element may have positive refractive power, which canbalance the distribution of refractive power of the imaging optical lensassembly for reducing aberrations and sensitivity.

The seventh lens element has an image-side surface being concave in aparaxial region thereof, which can move the principal point toward theobject side to reduce the back focal length and total length. Theimage-side surface of the seventh lens element may have at least onecritical point in an off-axis region, which can further correctaberrations in the off-axis region and reduce the surface reflectionfrom surrounding light for enhancing illumination on the image surface.In addition, the seventh lens element may have an object-side surfacebeing convex in a paraxial region, which is favorable for correcting theoff-axis field curvature and enhancing peripheral image quality.

An Abbe number of the second lens element is V2, an Abbe number of thethird lens element is V3. When the following condition is satisfied:V2+V3≤70, it is favorable for enhancing the capacity of correctingchromatic aberrations and balancing the overall aberration correctionsof the imaging optical lens assembly. Preferably, the followingcondition may be satisfied: V2+V3≤60. More preferably, the followingcondition may be satisfied: 20<V2+V3<50.

A focal length of the imaging optical lens assembly is f, and acurvature radius of an object-side surface of the third lens element isR5. When the following condition is satisfied: 0≤f/R5, it is favorablefor correcting aberrations generated by the first lens element and thesecond lens element while further enhancing the image quality of theimage center.

The focal length of the imaging optical lens assembly is f, and acurvature radius of an image-side surface of the fifth lens element isR10. When the following condition is satisfied: 0≤f/R10, it is favorablefor reducing the manufacturing sensitivity of the fifth lens element andmoving the principal point of the imaging optical lens assembly towardthe object side to reduce the back focal length.

An axial distance between the fourth lens element and the fifth lenselement is T45, an axial distance between the sixth lens element and theseventh lens element is T67. When the following condition is satisfied:T67/T45<8.0, it is favorable for allocating proper axial distancesbetween every adjacent lens elements.

An axial distance between the first element and the image surface is TL,and a maximum image height of the imaging optical lens assembly is ImgH.When the following condition is satisfied: TL/ImgH<1.80, it is favorablefor providing proper angles of view and the total track length.Preferably, the following condition is satisfied: 1.0<TL/ImgH<1.60.

A vertical distance between the convex critical point farthest away fromthe optical axis within a maximum effective diameter of an image-sidesurface of the sixth lens element and the optical axis is Yc62 (if thecritical point is located on the optical axis, Yc62 is 0). A verticaldistance between the convex critical point farthest away from theoptical axis within a maximum effective diameter of the image-sidesurface of the seventh lens element and the optical axis is Yc72 (if thecritical point is located on the optical axis, Yc72 is 0). When thefollowing condition is satisfied: 0.20<Yc62/Yc72<1.70, it is favorablefor further enhancing aberration corrections of peripheral images.

A central thickness of the second lens element is CT2, a centralthickness of the third lens element is CT3, and a central thickness ofthe fourth lens element is CT4. When the following condition issatisfied: 0.75<CT4/(CT2+CT3)<2.5, it is favorable for configuring athinner thickness of the fourth lens element so as to improve theoverall structure of the imaging optical lens assembly.

An Abbe number of the first lens element is V1. When the imaging opticallens assembly satisfies the following condition: 50<V1, it is favorablefor providing proper color dispersion and to reduce system aberrations.

An Abbe number of one lens elements is V and a refractive index of thesaid lens element is N. When the following condition is satisfied: atleast one lens element satisfies 8.0<V/N<12.5, it is favorable forenhancing the capacity of correcting chromatic aberration and to furtherenhance the image quality of peripheral images. Preferably, thefollowing condition is satisfied: 8.0<V/N<12.0.

The focal length of the imaging optical lens assembly is f, and a focallength of the sixth lens element is f6. When the following condition issatisfied: 0.50<f/f6<1.80, it is favorable for avoiding excessiverefractive power of the sixth lens element as well as over-correction ofaberrations of the central image.

An axial distance between the first lens element and the second lenselement is T12, an axial distance between the second lens element andthe third lens element is T23, an axial distance between the third lenselement and the fourth lens element is T34, the axial distance betweenthe fourth lens element and the fifth lens element is T45, an axialdistance between the fifth lens element and the sixth lens element isT56, and the axial distance between the sixth lens element and theseventh lens element is T67. When the following condition is satisfied:(T12+T34+T45+T56)/(T23+T67)<1.0, it is favorable for spaceconfigurations between lens elements and avoiding overly narrow or widespacing of the lens elements.

A curvature radius of the object-side surface of the sixth lens elementis R11, and a curvature radius of the image-side surface of the sixthlens element is R12. When the following condition is satisfied:(R11+R12)/(R11−R12)<0.65, it is favorable for adjusting the shape andthe intensity of the refractive power of the seventh lens element so asto avoid drastic variations in the refractive power of the image side ofthe imaging optical lens assembly that causes excessive or insufficientimage corrections.

A maximum effective radius of the object-side surface of the first lenselement is Y11, a maximum effective radius of an image-side surface ofthe first lens element is Y12, a maximum effective radius of theobject-side surface of the second lens element is Y21, a maximumeffective radius of the image-side surface of the second lens element isY22, a maximum effective radius of the object-side surface of the thirdlens element is Y31, a maximum effective radius of the object-sidesurface of the fourth lens element is Y41, a maximum effective radius ofan image-side surface of the fourth lens element is Y42, a maximumeffective radius of an object-side surface of an fifth lens element isY51, a maximum effective radius of the image-side surface of the fifthlens element is Y52, a maximum effective radius of the object-sidesurface of the sixth lens element is Y61, a maximum effective radius ofthe image-side surface of the sixth lens element is Y62, a maximumeffective radius of the object-side surface of the seventh lens elementis Y71, and a maximum effective radius of the image-side surface of theseventh lens element is Y72. When the following conditions aresatisfied: Y31/Y11<1.0; Y31/Y12<1.0; Y31/Y21<1.0; Y31/Y22<1.0;Y31/Y41<1.0; Y31/Y42<1.0; Y31/Y51<1.0; Y31/Y52<1.0; Y31/Y61<1.0;Y31/Y62<1.0; Y31/Y71<1.0; and Y31/Y72<1.0, it is favorable for enhancingthe adjustment flexibility of peripheral light and properly balancingamong image quality, focal depth, and relative illumination, etc.

A total number of the lens elements having an Abbe number less than 25is V25. When the following condition is satisfied: 3≤V25, it isfavorable for eliminating chromatic aberration to enhance the imagequality of peripheral images.

An entrance pupil diameter of the imaging optical lens assembly is EPD,the central thickness of the second lens element is CT2, and the centralthickness of the third lens element is CT3. When the following conditionis satisfied: 4.50<EPD/(CT2+CT3)<9.0, it is favorable for enhancingimage quality due to the large aperture of the present disclosure.

The highest refractive index of a lens element among the seven lenselements is Nmax. When the following condition is satisfied:1.650<Nmax<1.750, it is favorable for eliminating chromatic aberrationto further enhance the image quality of peripheral images.

A central thickness of the first lens element is CT1, the centralthickness of the second lens element is CT2, the central thickness ofthe third lens element is CT3, and a central thickness of the fifth lenselement is CT5. When the following condition is satisfied:0.75<CT1/(CT2+CT3+CT5)<2.0, it is favorable for obtaining good imagequality and manufacturing structure with high yield rates of the firstlens element.

The focal length of the imaging optical lens assembly is f, and a focallength of a lens element of the imaging optical lens assembly is fx.When the following conditions are satisfied:0.25<(|P2|+|P3|+|P4|+|P5|)/(|P6|+|P7|)<1.0, Px=f/fx, and x=2˜7, it isfavorable for providing sufficient refractive power on the image side ofthe imaging optical lens assembly for higher image quality.

An f-number of the imaging optical lens assembly is Fno. When thefollowing condition is satisfied: 1.0<Fno≤1.70, it is favorable forenhancing image quality due to the large aperture of the presentdisclosure.

Each of the aforementioned features of the imaging optical lens assemblycan be utilized in numerous combinations to achieve the correspondingeffects.

According to the imaging optical lens assembly of the presentdisclosure, the lens elements thereof can be made of glass or plasticmaterial. When the lens elements are made of glass material, thedistribution of the refractive power of the imaging optical lensassembly may be more flexible to design. When the lens elements are madeof plastic material, the manufacturing costs can be effectively reduced.Furthermore, surfaces of each lens element can be arranged to beaspheric (ASP). Since these aspheric surfaces can be easily formed intoshapes other than spherical shapes so as to have more control variablesfor eliminating aberrations and to further decrease the requiredquantity of lens elements, the total track length of the imaging opticallens assembly can be effectively reduced.

According to the imaging optical lens assembly of the presentdisclosure, if a surface of a lens element is aspheric, it means thatthe surface has an aspheric shape throughout its optically effectivearea, or a portion(s) thereof.

According to the imaging optical lens assembly of the presentdisclosure, when the lens element has a convex surface and the region ofconvex shape is not defined, it indicates that the surface can be convexin the paraxial region thereof. When the lens element has a concavesurface and the region of concave shape is not defined, it indicatesthat the surface can be concave in the paraxial region thereof.Likewise, when the region of refractive power or focal length of a lenselement is not defined, it indicates that the region of refractive poweror focal length of the lens element can be in the paraxial regionthereof.

According to the imaging optical lens assembly of the presentdisclosure, the critical point is a non-axial point on the surface ofthe lens element where a tangential plane of the point is perpendicularto an optical axis.

According to the imaging optical lens assembly of the presentdisclosure, the imaging optical lens assembly can include at least onestop, such as an aperture stop, a glare stop or a field stop, to reducestray light and thereby improving image quality.

According to the imaging optical lens assembly of the presentdisclosure, the aperture stop can be configured as a front stop or amiddle stop. The front stop disposed between an imaged object and thefirst lens element can provide a longer distance between the exit pupiland the image surface so that there is a telecentric effect forimproving the image-sensing efficiency of an image sensor, such as a CCDor CMOS sensor. The middle stop disposed between the first lens elementand the image surface is favorable for enlarging the field of view,thereby providing advantages of a wide-angle lens system.

According to the imaging optical lens assembly of the presentdisclosure, the image surface of the imaging optical lens assembly,based on the corresponding image sensor, can be a plane or a curvedsurface with an arbitrary curvature, especially a curved surface beingconcave facing towards the object side. Meanwhile, the imaging opticallens assembly of the present disclosure may optionally include one ormore image correction components (such as a field flattener) between theimage surface and the nearest lens element to the image surface toimprove image corrections (such as field curvature). The opticalproperties of the image correction components such as curvatures,thicknesses, indices, positions and shapes (convex or concave, sphericalor aspheric, diffractive surface and Fresnel surface, etc.) can beadjusted according to the requirement of the imaging apparatus. Ingeneral, a preferred image correction component may be a thinplano-concave component having a surface being concave toward the objectside and arranged near to the image surface.

According to the above descriptions of the present disclosure, thefollowing 1st-12th specific embodiments are provided for furtherexplanation.

1st Embodiment

FIG. 1A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 1stembodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 1B shows, in order from leftto right, longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmatic fieldcurves and a distortion curve of the imaging apparatus according to the1st embodiment.

In FIG. 1A, the imaging apparatus includes an imaging optical lensassembly (not otherwise herein labeled) of the present disclosure and animage sensor 195. The imaging optical lens assembly includes, in orderfrom an object side to an image side: an aperture stop 100, a first lenselement 110, a second lens element 120, a stop 101, a third lens element130, a stop 102, a fourth lens element 140, a fifth lens element 150, asixth lens element 160, a seventh lens element 170, an IR cut filter180, and an image surface 190. The image sensor 195 is disposed on ornear the image surface 190 of the imaging optical lens assembly. Theoptical image capturing lens assembly includes seven lens elements (110,120, 130, 140, 150, 160 and 170) with no additional lens elementdisposed between the first lens element 110 and the seventh lens element170.

The first lens element 110 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 111 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 112 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the first lens element 110 is made of plasticmaterial.

The second lens element 120 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 121 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 122 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the second lens element 120 is made of plasticmaterial.

The third lens element 130 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 131 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 132 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the third lens element 130 is made of plasticmaterial. Moreover, the image-side surface 132 has at least one criticalpoint in an off-axis region thereof.

The fourth lens element 140 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 141 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 142 being plano in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the fourth lens element 140 is made of plasticmaterial.

The fifth lens element 150 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 151 being convex in a paraxial region thereof, animage-side surface 152 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the fifth lens element 150 is made of plasticmaterial.

The sixth lens element 160 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 161 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 162 being convex in a paraxial region thereof,which are both aspheric, and the sixth lens element 160 is made ofplastic material.

The seventh lens element 170 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 171 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 172 being concave in a paraxial region thereof,which are both aspheric, and the seventh lens element 170 is made ofplastic material. Moreover, the image-side surface 172 has at least onecritical point in an off-axis region thereof.

The IR cut filter 180 is disposed between the seventh lens element 170and the image surface 190. Furthermore, the IR cut filter 180 is made ofglass material and will not affect the focal length of the imagingoptical lens assembly.

The detailed optical data of the 1st embodiment are shown in TABLE 1,and the aspheric surface data are shown in TABLE 2. The units of acurvature radius, a thickness, and a focal length are expressed in mm.HFOV is half of the maximal field of view. Surfaces #1 to #14 refer tothe surfaces in order from the object side to the image side. Theaspheric surface data are shown in TABLE 2, wherein k is the coniccoefficient in the equation of the aspheric surface profiles, and A4-A16refer to the 4th to 16th order aspheric coefficients.

Further, it should be noted that the tables shown in each of thefollowing embodiments are associated with the schematic view anddiagrams of longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmatic fieldcurves and a distortion curve for the respective embodiment. Also, thedefinitions of the parameters presented in later tables are the same asthose of the parameters presented in TABLE 1 and TABLE 2 for the 1stembodiment. Explanations in this regard will not be provided again.

TABLE 1 (1st Embodiment) f = 4.33 mm, Fno = 1.60, HFOV = 40.0 deg.Curvature Focal Surface # Radius Thickness Material Index Abbe # Length0 Object Plano Infinity 1 Ape. Stop Plano −0.513 2 Lens 1 1.919 ASP0.719 Plastic 1.545 56.0 4.68 3 6.750 ASP 0.036 4 Lens 2 2.858 ASP 0.150Plastic 1.688 18.7 −16.36 5 2.231 ASP 0.308 6 Stop 1 Plano 0.144 7 Lens3 9.034 ASP 0.224 Plastic 1.688 18.7 −14.76 8 4.733 ASP −0.001 9 Stop 2Plano 0.052 10 Lens 4 6.497 ASP 0.535 Plastic 1.544 55.9 11.95 11 ∞ ASP0.196 12 Lens 5 4.951 ASP 0.289 Plastic 1.688 18.7 173.55 13 5.042 ASP0.220 14 Lens 6 −100.000 ASP 0.601 Plastic 1.555 47.5 2.91 15 −1.592 ASP0.408 16 Lens 7 −3.433 ASP 0.450 Plastic 1.534 55.9 −2.27 17 1.954 ASP0.500 18 IR cut filter Plano 0.110 Glass 1.517 64.2 — 19 Plano 0.450 20Image surface Plano — Note: Reference wavelength is d-line 587.6 nm Theeffective radius of Surface 6 is 1.120 mm The effective radius ofSurface 9 is 1.187 mm The effective radius of Surface 13 is 1.625 mm

TABLE 2 Aspheric Coefficients Surface # 2 3 4 5 7 k = −2.7269E−01 1.8591E+01  1.2322E+00 9.7742E−01 −3.3508E+01 A4 =  1.4724E−03−6.1446E−02 −8.9537E−02 −4.9163E−02  −7.9070E−02 A6 =  1.6635E−02 5.4127E−02  5.2599E−02 −2.8628E−03   1.1280E−01 A8 = −3.9918E−02−3.6821E−02 −2.2692E−02 2.1786E−02 −4.8312E−01 A10 =  5.2301E−02 1.3832E−02  4.1910E−02 1.1852E−02  8.8741E−01 A12 = −3.8923E−02−4.7445E−03 −5.4103E−02 −3.3899E−02  −9.2680E−01 A14 =  1.5241E−02 1.8974E−03  3.1954E−02 1.6077E−02  4.9878E−01 A16 = −2.5419E−03−6.0894E−04 −6.6397E−03 −1.0612E−01 Surface # 8 10 11 12 13 k =−7.5778E+01 1.9679E+01 −1.0000E+00  8.7790E+00 −1.9314E+01 A4 =−1.8508E−02 −7.9928E−02  −1.0702E−01 −1.6718E−01 −9.5019E−02 A6 = 3.0689E−02 1.4924E−01  2.9233E−02 −3.8815E−02 −6.9549E−02 A8 =−3.0085E−01 −3.3161E−01   3.1597E−02  1.7074E−01  1.4119E−01 A10 = 4.5550E−01 3.0464E−01 −1.3060E−01 −2.7660E−01 −1.4234E−01 A12 =−3.7252E−01 −1.1982E−01   1.4613E−01  2.1523E−01  7.9487E−02 A14 = 1.7505E−01 1.7315E−02 −7.0688E−02 −7.7553E−02 −2.1838E−02 A16 =−3.5198E−02  1.3094E−02  1.0271E−02  2.2891E−03 Surface # 14 15 16 17 k= 9.0000E+01 −1.3809E+01 −1.9257E+00 −1.1874E+01 A4 = 6.7959E−03−2.2394E−01 −1.1706E−01 −7.3603E−02 A6 = −7.6086E−02   3.9080E−01 6.6366E−02  3.6729E−02 A8 = 7.0663E−02 −4.8117E−01 −4.4094E−02−1.6059E−02 A10 = −3.7321E−02   3.9782E−01  2.6130E−02  5.1846E−03 A12 =1.3235E−02 −2.0726E−01 −9.2077E−03 −1.1872E−03 A14 = −4.2692E−03  6.6431E−02  1.9133E−03  1.8367E−04 A16 = 8.0196E−04 −1.2699E−02−2.3510E−04 −1.8159E−05 A18 = −3.8263E−05   1.3296E−03  1.5942E−05 1.0334E−06 A20 = −5.8775E−05 −4.6245E−07 −2.5577E−08

The equation of the aspheric surface profiles is expressed as follows:

${X(Y)} = {{\left( {Y^{2}/R} \right)/\left( {1 + {{sqrt}\left( {1 - {\left( {1 + k} \right)*\left( {Y/R} \right)^{2}}} \right)}} \right)} + {\sum\limits_{i}{({Ai})*\left( Y^{i} \right)}}}$

where:

X is the relative distance between a point on the aspheric surfacespaced at a distance Y from the optical axis and the tangential plane atthe aspheric surface vertex on the optical axis;

Y is the vertical distance from the point on the aspheric surfaceprofile to the optical axis;

R is the curvature radius;

k is the conic coefficient; and

Ai is the i-th aspheric coefficient.

In the 1st embodiment, the focal length of the imaging optical lensassembly is f, an f-number of the imaging optical lens assembly is Fno,half of a maximal field of view of the imaging optical lens assembly isHFOV, and these parameters have the following values: f=4.33 mm;Fno=1.60; and HFOV=40.0 degrees.

In the 1st embodiment, a total number of the lens elements having anAbbe number less than 25 is V25, and they satisfy the condition: V25=3.

In the 1st embodiment, an Abbe number of the second lens element 120 isV2, an Abbe number of the third lens element 130 is V3, and they satisfythe condition: V2+V3=37.40.

In the 1st embodiment, a highest refractive index among those of theseven lens elements is Nmax, and it satisfies the condition: Nmax=1.69.

In the 1st embodiment, an Abbe number of the first lens element 110 isV1, a refractive index of the first lens element 110 is N1, and theysatisfy the condition: V1=56.0, V1/N1=36.27.

In the 1st embodiment, an Abbe number of the second lens element 120 isV2, a refractive index of the second lens element 120 is N2, and theysatisfy the condition: V2/N2=11.08.

In the 1st embodiment, an Abbe number of the third lens element 130 isV3, a refractive index of the third lens element 130 is N3, and theysatisfy the condition: V3/N3=11.08.

In the 1st embodiment, an Abbe number of the fourth lens element 140 isV4, a refractive index of the fourth lens element 140 is N4, and theysatisfy the condition: V4/N4=36.23.

In the 1st embodiment, an Abbe number of the fifth lens element 150 isV5, a refractive index of the fifth lens element 150 is N5, and theysatisfy the condition: V5/N5=11.08.

In the 1st embodiment, an Abbe number of the sixth lens element 160 isV6, a refractive index of the sixth lens element 160 is N6, and theysatisfy the condition: V6/N6=30.55.

In the 1st embodiment, an Abbe number of the seventh lens element 170 isV7, a refractive index of the seventh lens element 170 is N7, and theysatisfy the condition: V7/N7=36.46.

In the 1st embodiment, a maximum effective radius of the object-sidesurface 111 of the first lens element 110 is Y11, a maximum effectiveradius of the image-side surface 112 of the first lens element 110 isY12, a maximum effective radius of the object-side surface 121 of thesecond lens element 120 is Y21, a maximum effective radius of theimage-side surface 122 of the second lens element 120 is Y22, a maximumeffective radius of the object-side surface 131 of the third lenselement 130 is Y31, a maximum effective radius of the object-sidesurface 141 of the fourth lens element 140 is Y41, a maximum effectiveradius of the image-side surface 142 of the fourth lens element 140 isY42, a maximum effective radius of the object-side surface 151 of anfifth lens element 150 is Y51, a maximum effective radius of theimage-side surface 152 of the fifth lens element 150 is Y52, a maximumeffective radius of the object-side surface 161 of the sixth lenselement 160 is Y61, a maximum effective radius of the image-side surface162 of the sixth lens element 160 is Y62, a maximum effective radius ofthe object-side surface 171 of the seventh lens element 170 is Y71, amaximum effective radius of the image-side surface 172 of the seventhlens element 170 is Y72, and they satisfy the conditions: Y31/Y11=0.79;Y31/Y12=0.83; Y31/Y21=0.89; Y31/Y22=0.97; Y31/Y41=0.84; Y31/Y42=0.79;Y31/Y51=0.76; Y31/Y52=0.66; Y31/Y61=0.64; Y31/Y62=0.53; Y31/Y71=0.45;Y31/Y72=0.38.

In the 1st embodiment, a vertical distance between the convex criticalpoint farthest away from the optical axis within a maximum effectivediameter of the image-side surface 162 of the sixth lens element 160 andthe optical axis is Yc62 (if the critical point is located on theoptical axis, Yc62 is 0), a vertical distance between the convexcritical point farthest away from the optical axis within a maximumeffective diameter of the image-side surface 172 of the seventh lenselement 170 and the optical axis is Yc72 (if the critical point islocated on the optical axis, Yc72 is 0), and they satisfy the condition:Yc62/Yc72=0 (Yc62=0).

In the 1st embodiment, an entrance pupil diameter of the imaging opticallens assembly is EPD, a central thickness of the second lens element 120is CT2, a central thickness of the third lens element 130 is CT3, andthey satisfy the condition: EPD(CT2+CT3)=7.23.

In the 1st embodiment, a central thickness of the first lens element 110is CT1, the central thickness of the second lens element 120 is CT2, thecentral thickness of the third lens element 130 is CT3, a centralthickness of the fifth lens element 150 is CT5, and they satisfy thecondition: CT1/(CT2+CT3+CT5)=1.08.

In the 1st embodiment, the central thickness of the second lens element120 is CT2, the central thickness of the third lens element 130 is CT3,a central thickness of the fourth lens element 140 is CT4, and theysatisfy the condition: CT4/(CT2+CT3)=1.43.

In the 1st embodiment, an axial distance between the first lens element110 and the second lens element 120 is T12, an axial distance betweenthe second lens element 120 and the third lens element 130 is T23, anaxial distance between the third lens element 130 and the fourth lenselement 140 is T34, an axial distance between the fourth lens element140 and the fifth lens element 150 is T45, an axial distance between thefifth lens element 150 and the sixth lens element 160 is T56, an axialdistance between the sixth lens element 160 and the seventh lens element170 is T67, and they satisfy the condition:(T12+T34+T45+T56)/(T23+T67)=0.58.

In the 1st embodiment, the axial distance between the fourth lenselement 140 and the fifth lens element 150 is T45, the axial distancebetween the sixth lens element 160 and the seventh lens element 170 isT67, and they satisfy the condition: T67/T45=2.08.

In the 1st embodiment, a curvature radius of the object-side surface 161of the sixth lens element 160 is R11, a curvature radius of theimage-side surface 162 of the sixth lens element 160 is R12, and theysatisfy the condition: (R11+R12)/(R11−R12)=1.03.

In the 1st embodiment, the focal length of the imaging optical lensassembly is f, a curvature radius of the object-side surface of 131 thethird lens element 130 is R5, and they satisfy the condition: f/R5=0.48.

In the 1st embodiment, the focal length of the imaging optical lensassembly is f, a curvature radius of an image-side surface 152 of thefifth lens element 150 is R10, and they satisfy the condition:f/R10=0.86.

In the 1st embodiment, an axial distance between the object-side surface111 of the first element 110 and the image surface 190 is TL, a maximumimage height of the imaging optical lens assembly is ImgH, and theysatisfy the condition: TL/ImgH=1.52.

In the 1st embodiment, the focal length of the imaging optical lensassembly is f, a focal length of the sixth lens element 160 is f6, andthey satisfy the condition: f/f6=1.49.

In the 1st embodiment, the focal length of the imaging optical lensassembly is f, a focal length of a lens element is fx, a parameter ofthe refractive power of the said lens element is Px, wherein Px=f/fx,x=2˜7, and they satisfy the condition:(|P2|+|P3|+|P4|+|P5|)/(|P6|+|P7|)=0.28.

2nd Embodiment

FIG. 2A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 2ndembodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 2B shows, in order from leftto right, longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmatic fieldcurves and a distortion curve of the imaging apparatus according to the2nd embodiment.

In FIG. 2A, the imaging apparatus includes an imaging optical lensassembly (not otherwise herein labeled) of the present disclosure and animage sensor 295. The imaging optical lens assembly includes, in orderfrom an object side to an image side: a first lens element 210, anaperture stop 200, a second lens element 220, a third lens element 230,a stop 201, a fourth lens element 240, a fifth lens element 250, a sixthlens element 260, a seventh lens element 270, an IR cut filter 280, andan image surface 290. The image sensor 295 is disposed on or near theimage surface 290 of the imaging optical lens assembly. The opticalimage capturing lens assembly includes seven lens elements (210, 220,230, 240, 250, 260 and 270) with no additional lens element disposedbetween the first lens element 210 and the seventh lens element 270.

The first lens element 210 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 211 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 212 being convex in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the first lens element 210 is made of plasticmaterial.

The second lens element 220 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 221 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 222 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the second lens element 220 is made of plasticmaterial.

The third lens element 230 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 231 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 232 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the third lens element 230 is made of plasticmaterial. Moreover, the image-side surface 232 has at least one criticalpoint in an off-axis region thereof.

The fourth lens element 240 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 241 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 242 being convex in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the fourth lens element 240 is made of plasticmaterial.

The fifth lens element 250 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 251 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 252 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the fifth lens element 250 is made of plasticmaterial.

The sixth lens element 260 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 261 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 262 being convex in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the sixth lens element 260 is made of plasticmaterial.

The seventh lens element 270 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 271 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 272 being concave in a paraxial region thereof,which are both aspheric, and the seventh lens element 270 is made ofplastic material. Moreover, the image-side surface 272 has at least onecritical point in an off-axis region thereof.

The IR cut filter 280 is disposed between the seventh lens element 270and the image surface 290. Furthermore, the IR cut filter 280 is made ofglass material and will not affect the focal length of the imagingoptical lens assembly.

The detailed optical data of the 2nd embodiment are shown in TABLE 3,the aspheric surface data are shown in TABLE 4, wherein the units of thecurvature radius, the thickness and the focal length are expressed inmm, and HFOV is half of the maximal field of view.

TABLE 3 (2nd Embodiment) f = 4.00 mm, Fno = 1.85, HFOV = 42.6 deg.Curvature Focal Surface # Radius Thickness Material Index Abbe # Length0 Object Plano Infinity 1 Lens 1 2.658 ASP 0.455 Plastic 1.545 56.1 4.772 −109.733 ASP −0.043 3 Ape. Stop Plano 0.073 4 Lens 2 3.608 ASP 0.151Plastic 1.614 26.0 −13.86 5 2.493 ASP 0.478 6 Lens 3 9.424 ASP 0.150Plastic 1.688 18.7 −12.31 7 4.432 ASP −0.004 8 Stop Plano 0.054 9 Lens 48.347 ASP 0.742 Plastic 1.544 56.0 7.31 10 −7.358 ASP 0.143 11 Lens 54.913 ASP 0.213 Plastic 1.669 19.5 −34.15 12 3.973 ASP 0.307 13 Lens 65.295 ASP 0.569 Plastic 1.550 50.0 2.54 14 −1.828 ASP 0.405 15 Lens 7−2.938 ASP 0.501 Plastic 1.534 55.9 −2.00 16 1.773 ASP 0.600 17 IR cutfilter Plano 0.110 Glass 1.517 64.2 — 18 Plano 0.427 19 Image surfacePlano — Note: Reference wavelength is d-line 587.6 nm The effectiveradius of Surface 8 is 1.187 mm

TABLE 4 Aspheric Coefficients Surface # 1 2 4 5 6 k = −2.4331E+00−9.9000E+01  4.5575E−01 −1.2180E+00 −5.1756E+01 A4 =  3.9829E−03−2.0257E−02 −8.8326E−02 −8.2338E−02 −8.3139E−02 A6 =  4.2048E−03 3.5698E−03  8.1467E−02  4.3486E−02 −4.3619E−02 A8 = −5.1689E−02−4.7625E−02 −2.7353E−01 −1.4052E−01 −2.0416E−01 A10 =  8.3866E−02 9.9053E−02  6.2608E−01  2.7848E−01  7.3233E−01 A12 = −8.0263E−02−1.1564E−01 −7.3451E−01 −2.5662E−01 −1.2241E+00 A14 =  3.3560E−02 6.5544E−02  4.4254E−01  1.0056E−01  9.3477E−01 A16 = −4.8055E−03−1.3961E−02 −1.0239E−01 −2.6986E−01 Surface # 7 9 10 11 12 k =−7.3795E+01 1.9005E+01 −1.0000E+00  8.6427E+00 −3.6940E+01 A4 = 7.4296E−02 2.7181E−02 −4.2209E−02 −1.0163E−01 −2.9394E−02 A6 =−5.1828E−01 −3.1687E−01  −2.7455E−01 −3.8392E−01 −3.9912E−01 A8 = 8.9799E−01 4.7436E−01  4.2719E−01  5.3812E−01  5.4140E−01 A10 =−9.7076E−01 −3.5182E−01  −4.0924E−01 −3.4097E−01 −3.4709E−01 A12 = 5.9974E−01 1.3234E−01  2.5855E−01  1.1571E−01  1.1907E−01 A14 =−1.8224E−01 −1.9355E−02  −9.5674E−02 −1.7304E−02 −1.8937E−02 A16 = 1.8661E−02  1.5376E−02  3.0825E−04  8.6152E−04 Surface # 13 14 15 16 k= −2.3993E+01 −2.0790E+01 −2.5804E+00 −6.9644E+00 A4 =  7.5633E−02−1.1609E−01 −2.8072E−02 −8.4658E−02 A6 = −6.0194E−02  4.6367E−01−9.7632E−02  3.5680E−02 A8 = −1.3240E−01 −7.4912E−01  9.7950E−02−1.0698E−02 A10 =  2.4254E−01  6.7998E−01 −5.2094E−02  2.2062E−03 A12 =−1.8079E−01 −3.7344E−01  1.9935E−02 −3.3852E−04 A14 =  7.1795E−02 1.2481E−01 −5.1704E−03  4.2742E−05 A16 = −1.5735E−02 −2.4692E−02 8.1833E−04 −4.4269E−06 A18 =  1.5317E−03  2.6525E−03 −7.0279E−05 3.0151E−07 A20 = −1.1911E−04  2.5029E−06 −9.0219E−09

In the 2nd embodiment, the equation of the aspheric surface profiles ofthe aforementioned lens elements is the same as the equation from the1st embodiment. Also, the definitions of the parameters shown in thetable below are the same as those stated in the 1st embodiment, but thevalues for the conditions in the 2nd embodiment are as specified below.

2nd Embodiment f [mm] 4.00 Y31/Y11 0.86 Yc62/Yc72 0 Fno 1.85 Y31/Y120.95 EPD/(CT2 + CT3) 7.18 HFOV 42.6 Y31/Y21 0.99 CT1/(CT2 + CT3 + CT5)0.89 [deg.] V25 2 Y31/Y22 1.02 CT4/(CT2 + CT3) 2.47 V2 + 44.67 Y31/Y410.83 (T12 + T34 + T45 + T56)/ 0.60 V3 (T23 + T67) Nmax 1.69 Y31/Y42 0.76T67/T45 2.83 V1/N1 36.30 Y31/Y51 0.70 (R11 + R12)/(R11 − R12) 0.49 V2/N216.09 Y31/Y52 0.67 f/R5 0.42 V3/N3 11.08 Y31/Y61 0.63 f/R10 1.01 V4/N436.26 Y31/Y62 0.51 TL/ImgH 1.50 V5/N5 11.66 Y31/Y71 0.47 f/f6 1.57 V6/N632.26 Y31/Y72 0.37 (|P2| + |P3| + |P4| + |P5|)/ 0.36 (|P6| + |P7|) V7/N736.46

3rd Embodiment

FIG. 3A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 3rdembodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 3B shows, in order from leftto right, longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmatic fieldcurves and a distortion curve of the imaging apparatus according to the3rd embodiment.

In FIG. 3A, the imaging apparatus includes an imaging optical lensassembly (not otherwise herein labeled) of the present disclosure and animage sensor 395. The imaging optical lens assembly includes, in orderfrom an object side to an image side: an aperture stop 300, a first lenselement 310, a second lens element 320, a third lens element 330, a stop301, a fourth lens element 340, a fifth lens element 350, a sixth lenselement 360, a seventh lens element 370, an IR cut filter 380, and animage surface 390. The image sensor 395 is disposed on or near the imagesurface 390 of the imaging optical lens assembly. The optical imagecapturing lens assembly includes seven lens elements (310, 320, 330,340, 350, 360 and 370) with no additional lens element disposed betweenthe first lens element 310 and the seventh lens element 370.

The first lens element 310 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 311 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 312 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the first lens element 310 is made of plasticmaterial.

The second lens element 320 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 321 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 322 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the second lens element 320 is made of plasticmaterial.

The third lens element 330 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 331 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 332 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the third lens element 330 is made of plasticmaterial. Moreover, the image-side surface 332 has at least one criticalpoint in an off-axis region thereof.

The fourth lens element 340 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 341 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 342 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the fourth lens element 340 is made of plasticmaterial.

The fifth lens element 350 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 351 being convex in a paraxial region thereof, animage-side surface 352 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the fifth lens element 350 is made of plasticmaterial.

The sixth lens element 360 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 361 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 362 being convex in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the sixth lens element 360 is made of plasticmaterial.

The seventh lens element 370 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 371 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 372 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the seventh lens element 370 is made of plasticmaterial. Moreover, the image-side surface 372 has at least one criticalpoint in an off-axis region thereof.

The IR cut filter 380 is disposed between the seventh lens element 370and the image surface 390. Furthermore, the IR cut filter 380 is made ofglass material and will not affect the focal length of the imagingoptical lens assembly.

The detailed optical data of the 3rd embodiment are shown in TABLE 5 andthe aspheric surface data are shown in TABLE 6, wherein the units of thecurvature radius, the thickness and the focal length are expressed inmm, and HFOV is half of the maximal field of view.

TABLE 5 (Embodiment 3) f = 4.74 mm, Fno = 1.56, HFOV = 39.0 deg.Curvature Focal Surface # Radius Thickness Material Index Abbe # Length0 Object Plano Infinity 1 Ape. Stop Plano −0.668 2 Lens 1 1.966 ASP0.989 Plastic 1.545 56.1 4.28 3 10.245 ASP 0.035 4 Lens 2 15.581 ASP0.250 Plastic 1.669 19.5 −10.92 5 4.942 ASP 0.319 6 Lens 3 4.928 ASP0.250 Plastic 1.669 19.5 −118.39 7 4.545 ASP 0.126 8 Stop Plano 0.076 9Lens 4 13.551 ASP 0.557 Plastic 1.544 56.0 31.44 10 64.246 ASP 0.355 11Lens 5 10.656 ASP 0.361 Plastic 1.566 37.4 −9.16 12 3.444 ASP 0.108 13Lens 6 2.069 ASP 0.409 Plastic 1.544 56.0 3.58 14 −30.370 ASP 0.417 15Lens 7 3.663 ASP 0.350 Plastic 1.544 56.0 −3.84 16 1.285 ASP 0.500 17 IRcut filter Plano 0.210 Class 1.517 64.2 — 18 Plano 0.360 19 Imagesurface Plano — Note: Reference wavelength is d-line 587.6 nm Theeffective radius of Surface 8 is 1.322 mm

TABLE 6 Aspheric Coefficients Surface # 2 3 4 5 6 k =  −2.1816E−013.0407E+01 8.5082E+01  5.9392E+00 −9.9000E+01 A4 =  5.51885E−03−6.9775E−02  −6.8898E−02  −2.5677E−02  5.3139E−02 A6 = −8.43054E−038.6021E−02 9.8983E−02  2.8402E−02 −2.6216E−01 A8 =  1.67859E−02−6.8554E−02  −7.2066E−02  −1.1791E−02  4.5827E−01 A10 = −1.52809E−023.4386E−02 3.1516E−02 −4.9150E−03 −5.5241E−01 A12 =  6.92181E−03−1.0007E−02  −6.8747E−03   4.7073E−03  3.8372E−01 A14 = −1.28823E−031.1273E−03 6.8974E−04 −1.3499E−01 A16 =  1.8789E−02 Surface # 7 9 10 1112 k = −2.4445E+01  5.8499E+01  3.6148E+01  1.9180E+01 −1.7865E+01 A4 = 3.3475E−03 −2.4000E−02 −3.0781E−02 −8.5505E−02 −1.9586E−01 A6 =−1.2835E−01 −5.1015E−02 −5.2067E−02  4.4127E−02  5.9082E−02 A8 = 2.5345E−01  9.5628E−02  8.5451E−02 −3.2927E−02  2.6056E−02 A10 =−3.1393E−01 −9.9920E−02 −8.7664E−02  6.3176E−03 −4.2868E−02 A12 = 2.1273E−01  4.8796E−02  4.9333E−02 −1.1997E−03  1.9750E−02 A14 =−6.7852E−02 −8.4789E−03 −1.4742E−02  6.0864E−04 −3.8701E−03 A16 = 8.1101E−03  1.8272E−03 −8.9069E−05  2.7761E−04 Surface # 13 14 15 16 k= −9.4429E+00  8.4758E+01 −8.9976E+01 −8.3553E+00 A4 =  5.7570E−02 1.1391E−01 −2.9130E−01 −1.5114E−01 A6 = −1.5341E−01 −1.2293E−02 1.8859E−01  9.4225E−02 A8 =  1.7006E−01 −8.7512E−02 −8.3241E−02−4.2585E−02 A10 = −1.5766E−01  7.2954E−02  2.6766E−02  1.2867E−02 A12 = 9.1735E−02 −3.0262E−02 −5.8235E−03 −2.5061E−03 A14 = −3.1981E−02 7.4958E−03  8.1650E−04  3.0662E−04 A16 =  6.5088E−03 −1.1121E−03−7.0360E−05 −2.2605E−05 A18 = −7.0794E−04  9.0744E−05  3.3879E−06 9.1408E−07 A20 =  3.1535E−05 −3.1227E−06 −6.9807E−08 −1.5533E−08

In the 3rd embodiment, the equation of the aspheric surface profiles ofthe aforementioned lens elements is the same as the equation from the1st embodiment. Also, the definitions of the parameters shown in thetable below are the same as those stated in the 1st embodiment, but thevalues for the conditions in the 3rd embodiment are as specified below.

Embodiment 3 f [mm] 4.74 Y31/Y11 0.77 Yc62/Yc72 0.242, 1.068 Fno 1.56Y31/Y12 0.82 EPD/(CT2 + CT3) 6.06 HFOV 39.0 Y31/Y21 0.85 CT1/(CT2 +CT3 + CT5) 1.15 [deg.] V25 2 Y31/Y22 0.95 CT4/(CT2 + CT3) 1.11 V2 +38.90 Y31/Y41 0.84 (T12 + T34 + T45 + T56)/ 0.95 V3 (T23 + T67) Nmax1.67 Y31/Y42 0.75 T67/T45 1.17 V1/N1 36.30 Y31/Y51 0.71 (R11 + R12)/(R11− R12) −0.87  V2/N2 11.66 Y31/Y52 0.59 f/R5 0.96 V3/N3 11.66 Y31/Y610.56 f/R10 1.38 V4/N4 36.26 Y31/Y62 0.46 TL/ImgH 1.44 V5/N5 23.91Y31/Y71 0.39 f/f6 1.32 V6/N6 36.26 Y31/Y72 0.38 (|P2| + |P3| + |P4| +|P5|)/ 0.45 (|P6| + |P7|) V7/N7 36.26

4th Embodiment

FIG. 4A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 4thembodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 4B shows, in order from leftto right, longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmatic fieldcurves and a distortion curve of the imaging apparatus according to the4th embodiment.

In FIG. 4A, the imaging apparatus includes an imaging optical lensassembly (not otherwise herein labeled) of the present disclosure and animage sensor 495. The imaging optical lens assembly includes, in orderfrom an object side to an image side: an aperture stop 400, a first lenselement 410, a second lens element 420, a third lens element 430, afourth lens element 440, a fifth lens element 450, a sixth lens element460, a seventh lens element 470, an IR cut filter 480, and an imagesurface 490. The image sensor 495 is disposed on or near the imagesurface 490 of the imaging optical lens assembly. The optical imagecapturing lens assembly includes seven lens elements (410, 420, 430,440, 450, 460 and 470) with no additional lens element disposed betweenthe first lens element 410 and the seventh lens element 470.

The first lens element 410 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 411 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 412 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the first lens element 410 is made of plasticmaterial.

The second lens element 420 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 421 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 422 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the second lens element 420 is made of plasticmaterial.

The third lens element 430 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 431 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 432 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the third lens element 430 is made of plasticmaterial. Moreover, the image-side surface 432 has at least one criticalpoint in an off-axis region thereof.

The fourth lens element 440 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 441 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 442 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the fourth lens element 440 is made of plasticmaterial.

The fifth lens element 450 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 451 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 452 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the fifth lens element 450 is made of plasticmaterial.

The sixth lens element 460 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 261 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 462 being convex in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the sixth lens element 460 is made of plasticmaterial.

The seventh lens element 470 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 471 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 472 being concave in a paraxial region thereof,which are both aspheric, and the seventh lens element 470 is made ofplastic material. Moreover, the image-side surface 472 has at least onecritical point in an off-axis region thereof.

The IR cut filter 480 is disposed between the seventh lens element 470and the image surface 490. Furthermore, the IR cut filter 480 is made ofglass material and will not affect the focal length of the imagingoptical lens assembly.

The detailed optical data of the 4th embodiment are shown in TABLE 7,the aspheric surface data are shown in TABLE 8, wherein the units of thecurvature radius, the thickness and the focal length are expressed inmm, and HFOV is half of the maximal field of view.

TABLE 7 (Embodiment 4) f = 4.40 mm, Fno = 1.68, HFOV = 36.1 deg.Curvature Focal Surface # Radius Thickness Material Index Abbe # Length0 Object Plano Infinity 1 Ape. Stop Plano −0.498 2 Lens 1 1.773 ASP0.816 Plastic 1.545 56.0 4.17 3 6.781 ASP 0.035 4 Lens 2 4.104 ASP 0.250Plastic 1.671 19.3 −15.17 5 2.853 ASP 0.277 6 Lens 3 16.391 ASP 0.250Plastic 1.671 19.3 −31.40 7 9.162 ASP 0.135 8 Lens 4 4.576 ASP 0.427Plastic 1.544 56.0 18.42 9 8.145 ASP 0.210 10 Lens 5 6.100 ASP 0.280Plastic 1.671 19.3 −7.51 11 2.709 ASP 0.155 12 Lens 6 13.974 ASP 0.637Plastic 1.566 37.4 2.24 13 −1.370 ASP 0.308 14 Lens 7 −5.263 ASP 0.350Plastic 1.534 55.9 −2.27 15 1.611 ASP 0.400 16 IR cut filter Plano 0.300Glass 1.517 64.2 — 17 Plano 0.461 18 Image surface Plano — Note:Reference wavelength is d-line 587.6 nm The effective radius of Surface7 is 1.050 mm

TABLE 8 Aspheric Coefficients Surface # 2 3 4 5 6 k = −3.8020E−011.9049E+01 −9.2105E−02 −1.0499E+00 −3.3546E+01 A4 =  5.0662E−03−1.6472E−01  −1.7519E−01 −4.0205E−02 −2.9236E−02 A6 = −1.0819E−032.7379E−01  2.9664E−01  3.3582E−02  4.8909E−02 A8 =  8.9350E−03−3.1840E−01  −3.4414E−01 −3.7592E−02 −2.1411E−01 A10 = −1.4782E−022.1786E−01  2.5498E−01  9.0463E−03  2.9387E−01 A12 =  9.4686E−03−8.2578E−02  −9.6181E−02  1.2306E−02 −2.5214E−01 A14 = −2.9907E−031.2483E−02  1.4440E−02  1.5427E−01 A16 = −4.0190E−02 Surface # 7 8 9 1011 k = −9.0000E+01 −3.6690E+01  2.8239E+01 4.9571E+00 −2.9606E+01 A4 =−7.1834E−02 −1.1043E−01 −1.3160E−01 −3.1648E−01  −2.0024E−01 A6 = 1.7835E−01  2.0560E−01  9.3214E−02 3.6522E−01  2.6445E−01 A8 =−4.1638E−01 −5.6243E−01 −1.1073E−01 −3.3553E−01  −3.4574E−01 A10 = 5.3319E−01  7.6297E−01 −9.7210E−02 8.2017E−02  2.7065E−01 A12 =−3.4909E−01 −5.3432E−01  2.3945E−01 6.2280E−02 −1.2877E−01 A14 = 1.1341E−01  1.5221E−01 −1.6235E−01 −4.0372E−02   3.4822E−02 A16 =−7.4620E−03  3.9546E−02 6.4473E−03 −4.0810E−03 Surface # 12 13 14 15 k = 5.5744E+01 −5.6796E+00 −5.7178E−01 −9.6581E+00 A4 = −6.1836E−02−3.7692E−02 −7.5037E−02 −7.9478E−02 A6 = −4.0074E−02  3.8830E−02−1.4766E−02  1.8594E−02 A8 =  2.9229E−01 −3.9534E−02 −1.0565E−02−4.5030E−04 A10 = −7.4059E−01 −1.2332E−02  3.0115E−02 −1.7689E−03 A12 = 8.9439E−01  3.2987E−02 −1.7182E−02  7.7573E−04 A14 = −6.0743E−01−1.6519E−02  5.0427E−03 −1.8253E−04 A16 =  2.3712E−01  3.7081E−03−8.6589E−04  2.6127E−05 A18 = −4.9368E−02 −3.9254E−04  8.3241E−05−2.1284E−06 A20 =  4.2267E−03 1.55678E−05 −3.46924E−06   7.5201E−08

In the 4th embodiment, the equation of the aspheric surface profiles ofthe aforementioned lens elements is the same as the equation from the1st embodiment. Also, the definitions of the parameters shown in thetable below are the same as those stated in the 1st embodiment, but thevalues for the conditions in the 4th embodiment are as specified below.

Embodiment 4 f [mm] 4.40 Y31/Y11 0.79 Yc62/Yc72 0 Fno 1.68 Y31/Y12 0.82EPD/(CT2 + CT3) 5.25 HFOV 36.1 Y31/Y21 0.87 CT1/(CT2 + CT3 + CT5) 1.05[deg.] V25 3 Y31/Y22 0.98 CT4/(CT2 + CT3) 0.85 V2 + 38.59 Y31/Y41 0.92(T12 + T34 + T45 + T56)/ 0.91 V3 (T23 + T67) Nmax 1.67 Y31/Y42 0.82T67/T45 1.47 V1/N1 36.27 Y31/Y51 0.78 (R11 + R12)/(R11 − R12) 0.82 V2/N211.55 Y31/Y52 0.67 f/R5 0.27 V3/N3 11.55 Y31/Y61 0.65 f/R10 1.62 V4/N436.26 Y31/Y62 0.55 TL/ImgH 1.62 V5/N5 11.55 Y31/Y71 0.48 f/f6 1.97 V6/N623.91 Y31/Y72 0.41 (|P2| + |P3| + |P4| + |P5|)/ 0.32 (|P6| + |P7|) V7/N736.46

5th Embodiment

FIG. 5A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 5thembodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 5B shows, in order from leftto right, longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmatic fieldcurves and a distortion curve of the imaging apparatus according to the5th embodiment.

In FIG. 5A, the imaging apparatus includes an imaging optical lensassembly (not otherwise herein labeled) of the present disclosure and animage sensor 595. The imaging optical lens assembly includes, in orderfrom an object side to an image side: an aperture stop 500, a first lenselement 510, a second lens element 520, a third lens element 530, a stop501, a fourth lens element 540, a fifth lens element 550, a sixth lenselement 560, a seventh lens element 570, an IR cut filter 580, and animage surface 590. The image sensor 595 is disposed on or near the imagesurface 590 of the imaging optical lens assembly. The optical imagecapturing lens assembly includes seven lens elements (510, 520, 530,540, 550, 560 and 570) with no additional lens element disposed betweenthe first lens element 510 and the seventh lens element 570.

The first lens element 510 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 511 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 512 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the first lens element 510 is made of plasticmaterial.

The second lens element 520 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 521 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 522 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the second lens element 520 is made of plasticmaterial.

The third lens element 530 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 531 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 532 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the third lens element 530 is made of plasticmaterial.

The fourth lens element 540 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 541 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 542 being convex in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the fourth lens element 540 is made of plasticmaterial.

The fifth lens element 550 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 551 being convex in a paraxial region thereof, animage-side surface 552 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the fifth lens element 550 is made of plasticmaterial.

The sixth lens element 560 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 561 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 562 being convex in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the sixth lens element 560 is made of plasticmaterial.

The seventh lens element 570 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 571 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 572 being concave in a paraxial region thereof,which are both aspheric, and the seventh lens element 570 is made ofplastic material. Moreover, the image-side surface 572 has at least onecritical point in an off-axis region thereof.

The IR cut filter 580 is disposed between the seventh lens element 570and the image surface 590. Furthermore, the IR cut filter 580 is made ofglass material and will not affect the focal length of the imagingoptical lens assembly.

The detailed optical data of the 5th embodiment are shown in TABLE 9,the aspheric surface data are shown in TABLE 10, wherein the units ofthe curvature radius, the thickness and the focal length are expressedin mm, and HFOV is half of the maximal field of view.

TABLE 9 (Embodiment 5) f = 4.86 mm, Fno = 1.68, HFOV = 37.6 deg.Curvature Focal Surface # Radius Thickness Material Index Abbe # Length0 Object Plano Infinity 1 Ape. Stop Plano −0.550 2 Lens 1 1.990 ASP0.847 Plastic 1.545 56.0 4.51 3 8.894 ASP 0.042 4 Lens 2 5.237 ASP 0.250Plastic 1.671 19.3 −12.76 5 3.187 ASP 0.250 6 Lens 3 6.001 ASP 0.250Plastic 1.671 19.3 94.95 7 6.514 ASP 0.100 8 Stop Plano 0.201 9 Lens 4749.590 ASP 0.591 Plastic 1.544 56.0 21.04 10 −11.619 ASP 0.272 11 Lens5 15.482 ASP 0.280 Plastic 1.671 19.3 −8.42 12 4.108 ASP 0.171 13 Lens 66.086 ASP 0.631 Plastic 1.566 37.4 3.18 14 −2.466 ASP 0.524 15 Lens 7−7.174 ASP 0.350 Plastic 1.534 55.9 −2.79 16 1.908 ASP 0.500 17 IR cutfilter Plano 0.270 Glass 1.517 64.2 — 18 Plano 0.293 19 Image surfacePlano — Note: Reference wavelength is d-line 587.6 nm The effectiveradius of Surface 7 is 1.185 mm The effective radius of Surface 8 is1.210 mm

TABLE 10 Aspheric Coefficients Surface # 2 3 4 5 6 k = −3.0038E−012.6129E+01 −3.3015E−02 −1.4233E+00 −4.4056E+01 A4 =  4.1557E−03−1.4443E−01  −1.7319E−01 −6.3939E−02 −3.4604E−02 A6 = −3.0769E−032.4042E−01  3.1134E−01  1.0929E−01  2.0715E−02 A8 =  7.0466E−03−2.3146E−01  −3.1098E−01 −9.1054E−02 −4.2503E−02 A10 = −7.3917E−031.2295E−01  1.7603E−01  2.3891E−02  6.4636E−02 A12 =  3.7685E−03−3.4635E−02  −5.2474E−02  2.5810E−03 −9.0727E−02 A14 = −8.8179E−043.9204E−03  6.6658E−03  6.8008E−02 A16 = −1.7312E−02 Surface # 7 9 10 1112 k = −6.4763E+01 9.0000E+01 −3.8595E+01  2.0000E+01 −2.5061E+01 A4 =−3.3716E−02 −6.6747E−02  −7.4741E−02 −1.6791E−01 −1.2683E−01 A6 = 4.4366E−02 2.4037E−02 −6.0918E−03  9.7157E−02  6.9382E−03 A8 =−1.3650E−01 −7.6356E−02   1.2761E−02 −3.6948E−02  6.5696E−02 A10 = 2.4744E−01 9.0151E−02 −2.9112E−02 −3.9970E−03 −5.7763E−02 A12 =−2.5524E−01 −5.9342E−02   2.0034E−02 −3.3170E−03  1.9859E−02 A14 = 1.4183E−01 1.6650E−02 −5.5781E−03  6.0802E−03 −2.9285E−03 A16 =−3.0084E−02  4.6508E−04 −1.5403E−03  1.3948E−04 Surface # 13 14 15 16 k= −8.9769E−01 −7.3697E+00  3.2015E+00 −9.5797E+00 A4 =  1.1240E−02 4.4025E−02 −1.4430E−01 −9.2093E−02 A6 = −1.6029E−01 −7.0526E−02 4.9215E−02  4.2269E−02 A8 =  1.8406E−01  2.8455E−02 −1.1498E−02−1.3875E−02 A10 = −1.5549E−01 −7.6722E−03  4.3080E−03  3.2825E−03 A12 = 1.0079E−01  3.1266E−03 −1.2888E−03 −5.5350E−04 A14 = −4.5754E−02−1.0671E−03  2.2178E−04  6.2796E−05 A16 =  1.2863E−02  1.9936E−04−2.1450E−05 −4.4356E−06 A18 = −1.9570E−03 −1.8570E−05  1.0987E−06 1.7327E−07 A20 =  1.2201E−04  6.8467E−07 −2.3306E−08 −2.8230E−09

In the 5th embodiment, the equation of the aspheric surface profiles ofthe aforementioned lens elements is the same as the equation from the1st embodiment. Also, the definitions of the parameters shown in thetable below are the same as those stated in the 1st embodiment, but thevalues for the conditions in the 5th embodiment are as specified below.

Embodiment 5 f [mm] 4.86 Y31/Y11 0.80 Yc62/Yc72 0 Fno 1.68 Y31/Y12 0.84EPD/(CT2 + CT3) 5.80 HFOV 37.6 Y31/Y21 0.88 CT1/(CT2 + CT3 + CT5) 1.09[deg.] V25 3 Y31/Y22 0.98 CT4/(CT2 + CT3) 1.18 V2 + 38.59 Y31/Y41 0.94(T12 + T34 + T45 + T56)/ 1.02 V3 (T23 + T67) Nmax 1.67 Y31/Y42 0.82T67/T45 1.93 V1/N1 36.27 Y31/Y51 0.77 (R11 + R12)/(R11 − R12) 0.42 V2/N211.55 Y31/Y52 0.66 f/R5 0.81 V3/N3 11.55 Y31/Y61 0.62 f/R10 1.18 V4/N436.26 Y31/Y62 0.52 TL/ImgH 1.53 V5/N5 11.55 Y31/Y71 0.43 f/f6 1.53 V6/N623.91 Y31/Y72 0.37 (|P2| + |P3| + |P4| + |P5|)/ 0.38 (|P6| + |P7|) V7/N736.46

6th Embodiment

FIG. 6A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 6thembodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 6B shows, in order from leftto right, longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmatic fieldcurves and a distortion curve of the imaging apparatus according to the6th embodiment.

In FIG. 6A, the imaging apparatus includes an imaging optical lensassembly (not otherwise herein labeled) of the present disclosure and animage sensor 695. The imaging optical lens assembly includes, in orderfrom an object side to an image side: an aperture stop 600, a first lenselement 610, a second lens element 620, a stop 601, a third lens element630, a fourth lens element 640, a fifth lens element 650, a sixth lenselement 660, a seventh lens element 670, an IR cut filter 680, and animage surface 690. The image sensor 695 is disposed on or near the imagesurface 690 of the imaging optical lens assembly. The optical imagecapturing lens assembly includes seven lens elements (610, 620, 630,640, 650, 660 and 670) with no additional lens element disposed betweenthe first lens element 610 and the seventh lens element 670.

The first lens element 610 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 611 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 612 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the first lens element 610 is made of plasticmaterial.

The second lens element 620 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 621 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 622 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the second lens element 620 is made of plasticmaterial.

The third lens element 630 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 631 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 632 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the third lens element 630 is made of plasticmaterial. Moreover, the image-side surface 632 has at least one criticalpoint in an off-axis region thereof.

The fourth lens element 640 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 641 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 642 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the fourth lens element 640 is made of plasticmaterial.

The fifth lens element 650 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 651 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 652 being concave in a paraxial region thereof,which are both aspheric, and the fifth lens element 650 is made ofplastic material.

The sixth lens element 660 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 661 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 662 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the sixth lens element 660 is made of plasticmaterial.

The seventh lens element 670 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 671 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 672 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the seventh lens element 670 is made of plasticmaterial. Moreover, the image-side surface 672 has at least one criticalpoint in an off-axis region thereof.

The IR cut filter 680 is disposed between the seventh lens element 670and the image surface 690. Furthermore, the IR cut filter 680 is made ofglass material and will not affect the focal length of the imagingoptical lens assembly.

The detailed optical data of the 6th embodiment are shown in TABLE 11,the aspheric surface data are shown in TABLE 12, wherein the units ofthe curvature radius, the thickness and the focal length are expressedin mm, and HFOV is half of the maximal field of view.

TABLE 11 (Embodiment 6) f = 4.34 mm, Fno = 1.62, HFOV = 38.5 deg.Curvature Focal Surface # Radius Thickness Material Index Abbe # Length0 Object Plano Infinity 1 Ape. Stop Plano −0.500 2 Lens 1 1.906 ASP0.743 Plastic 1.545 56.1 4.42 3 7.879 ASP 0.030 4 Lens 2 3.956 ASP 0.225Plastic 1.671 19.3 −10.81 5 2.501 ASP 0.299 6 Stop Plano 0.060 7 Lens 33.971 ASP 0.260 Plastic 1.671 19.3 −20.02 8 2.984 ASP 0.096 9 Lens 45.147 ASP 0.513 Plastic 1.544 56.0 9.61 10 319.625 ASP 0.409 11 Lens 5−11.576 ASP 0.324 Plastic 1.566 37.4 −10.18 12 11.601 ASP 0.083 13 Lens6 1.506 ASP 0.371 Plastic 1.544 56.0 4.19 14 4.047 ASP 0.450 15 Lens 72.545 ASP 0.355 Plastic 1.534 55.9 −4.62 16 1.192 ASP 0.450 17 IR cutfilter Plano 0.210 Glass 1.517 64.2 — 18 Plano 0.413 19 Image surfacePlano — Note: Reference wavelength is d-line 587.6 nm The effectiveradius of Surface 6 is 1.150 mm

TABLE 12 Aspheric Coefficients Surface # 2 3 4 5 7 k = −1.0074E+00 1.6648E+01 4.3918E−01 −1.6234E−01 −5.1092E+01 A4 =  1.2264E−02−7.6574E−02 −9.6011E−02  −3.9576E−02  4.5157E−03 A6 =  1.5228E−02 9.1787E−02 1.1381E−01  3.9794E−02 −5.8740E−02 A8 = −1.9016E−02−7.3880E−02 −7.2938E−02  −1.6197E−02  3.1183E−02 A10 =  1.1305E−02 3.0954E−02 2.3870E−02  2.7265E−03 −3.0207E−02 A12 = −2.7518E−03−5.8091E−03 2.4208E−03  2.0273E−03 −4.0964E−03 A14 = −2.4138E−04−1.2225E−04 −2.1708E−03   9.6531E−03 Surface # 8 9 10 11 12 k =−2.7425E+01 −7.1871E+01 9.0000E+01 4.1523E+01 1.8569E+01 A4 = 9.9727E−04 −1.2779E−02 −3.1516E−02  4.9229E−02 −2.6663E−01  A6 =−1.2664E−01 −1.5475E−01 −4.0885E−02  −4.8636E−02  2.9120E−01 A8 = 2.4766E−01  3.0661E−01 4.8273E−03 4.0903E−02 −1.9222E−01  A10 =−2.8866E−01 −2.9664E−01 1.9829E−02 −6.9092E−02  5.2638E−02 A12 = 1.5449E−01  1.4581E−01 −1.2064E−02  4.6500E−02 5.0772E−04 A14 =−2.8876E−02 −2.7704E−02 2.2807E−03 −1.4473E−02  −2.6077E−03  A16 =1.7890E−03 3.1998E−04 Surface # 13 14 15 16 k = −3.6733E+00 −9.0000E+01−2.8740E+01 −6.4028E+00 A4 = −1.0296E−01  2.5158E−01 −3.2085E−01−2.0612E−01 A6 =  1.0688E−01 −4.1247E−01  1.9242E−01  1.4386E−01 A8 =−2.0926E−01  3.6797E−01 −7.9021E−02 −7.5848E−02 A10 =  2.4552E−01−2.3131E−01  2.5872E−02  2.8481E−02 A12 = −1.9241E−01  9.7229E−02−6.2610E−03 −7.1870E−03 A14 =  9.4418E−02 −2.6016E−02  1.0292E−03 1.1674E−03 A16 = −2.7125E−02  4.2253E−03 −1.0708E−04 −1.1638E−04 A18 = 4.1361E−03 −3.7914E−04  6.3361E−06  6.4742E−06 A20 = −2.5729E−04 1.4415E−05 −1.6233E−07 −1.5391E−07

In the 6th embodiment, the equation of the aspheric surface profiles ofthe aforementioned lens elements is the same as the equation from the1st embodiment. Also, the definitions of the parameters shown in thetable below are the same as those stated in the 1st embodiment, but thevalues for the conditions in the 6th embodiment are as specified below.

Embodiment 6 f [mm] 4.34 Y31/Y11 0.87 Yc62/Yc72 1.11 Fno 1.62 Y31/Y120.91 EPD/(CT2 + CT3) 5.53 HFOV 38.5 Y31/Y21 0.96 CT1/(CT2 + CT3 + CT5)0.92 [deg.] V25 2 Y31/Y22 1.02 CT4/(CT2 + CT3) 1.06 V2 + 38.59 Y31/Y410.87 (T12 + T34 + T45 + T56)/ 0.76 V3 (T23 + T67) Nmax 1.67 Y31/Y42 0.81T67/T45 1.10 V1/N1 36.30 Y31/Y51 0.76 (R11 + R12)/(R11 − R12) −2.19V2/N2 11.55 Y31/Y52 0.66 f/R5 1.09 V3/N3 11.55 Y31/Y61 0.63 f/R10 0.37V4/N4 36.26 Y31/Y62 0.52 TL/ImgH 1.50 V5/N5 23.91 Y31/Y71 0.46 f/f6 1.04V6/N6 36.26 Y31/Y72 0.42 (|P2| + |P3| + |P4| + |P5|)/ 0.76 (|P6| + |P7|)V7/N7 36.46

7th Embodiment

FIG. 7A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 7thembodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 7B shows, in order from leftto right, longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmatic fieldcurves and a distortion curve of the imaging apparatus according to the7th embodiment.

In FIG. 7A, the imaging apparatus includes an imaging optical lensassembly (not otherwise herein labeled) of the present disclosure and animage sensor 795. The imaging optical lens assembly includes, in orderfrom an object side to an image side: an aperture stop 700, a first lenselement 710, a second lens element 720, a third lens element 730, a stop701, a fourth lens element 740, a fifth lens element 750, a sixth lenselement 760, a seventh lens element 770, an IR cut filter 780, and animage surface 790. The image sensor 795 is disposed on or near the imagesurface 790 of the imaging optical lens assembly. The optical imagecapturing lens assembly includes seven lens elements (710, 720, 730,740, 750, 760 and 770) with no additional lens element disposed betweenthe first lens element 710 and the seventh lens element 770.

The first lens element 710 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 711 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 712 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the first lens element 710 is made of plasticmaterial.

The second lens element 720 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 721 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 722 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the second lens element 720 is made of plasticmaterial.

The third lens element 730 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 731 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 732 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the third lens element 730 is made of plasticmaterial. Moreover, the image-side surface 732 has at least one criticalpoint in an off-axis region thereof.

The fourth lens element 740 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 741 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 742 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the fourth lens element 740 is made of plasticmaterial.

The fifth lens element 750 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 751 being convex in a paraxial region thereof, animage-side surface 752 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the fifth lens element 750 is made of plasticmaterial.

The sixth lens element 760 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 761 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 762 being convex in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the sixth lens element 760 is made of plasticmaterial.

The seventh lens element 770 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 771 being concave in a paraxial region thereof andan image-side surface 772 being concave in a paraxial region thereof,which are both aspheric, and the seventh lens element 770 is made ofplastic material. Moreover, the image-side surface 772 has at least onecritical point in an off-axis region thereof.

The IR cut filter 780 is disposed between the seventh lens element 770and the image surface 790. Furthermore, the IR cut filter 780 is made ofglass material and will not affect the focal length of the imagingoptical lens assembly.

The detailed optical data of the 7th embodiment are shown in TABLE 13,the aspheric surface data are shown in TABLE 14, wherein the units ofthe curvature radius, the thickness and the focal length are expressedin mm, and HFOV is half of the maximal field of view.

TABLE 13 (Embodiment 7) f = 4.31 mm, Fno = 1.58, HFOV = 39.0 deg.Curvature Focal Surface # Radius Thickness Material Index Abbe # Length0 Object Plano Infinity 1 Ape. Stop Plano −0.592 2 Lens 1 1.847 ASP0.831 Plastic 1.545 56.1 4.39 3 6.786 ASP 0.030 4 Lens 2 4.082 ASP 0.230Plastic 1.669 19.5 −14.82 5 2.826 ASP 0.340 6 Lens 3 7.274 ASP 0.250Plastic 1.669 19.5 −23.41 7 4.898 ASP 0.017 8 Stop Plano 0.070 9 Lens 48.256 ASP 0.440 Plastic 1.544 56.0 32.69 10 15.119 ASP 0.162 11 Lens 55.408 ASP 0.300 Plastic 1.669 19.5 −323.67 12 5.159 ASP 0.195 13 Lens 6393.802 ASP 0.657 Plastic 1.544 56.0 2.45 14 −1.339 ASP 0.337 15 Lens 7−3.191 ASP 0.414 Plastic 1.534 55.9 −2.12 16 1.829 ASP 0.500 17 IR cutfilter Plano 0.110 Glass 1.517 64.2 — 18 Plano 0.459 19 Image surfacePlano — Note: Reference wavelength is d-line 587.6 nm The effectiveradius of Surface 8 is 1.187 mm

TABLE 14 Aspheric Coefficients Surface # 2 3 4 5 6 k = −1.4935E−01 2.0390E+01 1.3722E+00 1.3753E+00 −3.3508E+01 A4 = −1.7817E−03−1.4039E−01 −1.5496E−01  −5.0609E−02  −3.3376E−02 A6 =  2.3574E−02 2.4420E−01 2.3459E−01 2.5892E−02 −4.6054E−02 A8 = −4.8920E−02−2.8309E−01 −2.2548E−01  4.0905E−03 −8.0622E−04 A10 =  6.3139E−02 2.1219E−01 1.3490E−01 −2.3732E−02   3.3668E−02 A12 = −4.6358E−02−1.0222E−01 −4.0274E−02  1.6663E−02 −1.0717E−01 A14 =  1.8209E−02 2.8885E−02 3.1236E−03 −2.0885E−03   1.0179E−01 A16 = −3.0183E−03−3.8881E−03 9.2034E−04 −3.1350E−02 Surface # 7 9 10 11 12 k =−7.5778E+01 2.1770E+01  9.0000E+01  1.1329E+01 −1.2126E+01 A4 = 1.4372E−02 −8.1235E−02  −9.6462E−02 −1.3074E−01 −8.9625E−02 A6 =−5.9892E−02 2.9326E−02 −1.6117E−01 −2.1146E−01 −1.6041E−01 A8 =−2.3299E−02 6.6369E−03  5.2526E−01  6.1539E−01  3.2395E−01 A10 = 6.9945E−02 −1.2281E−01  −8.7890E−01 −8.3511E−01 −2.8400E−01 A12 =−1.2133E−01 1.2193E−01  7.7216E−01  5.9086E−01  1.2917E−01 A14 = 1.0493E−01 −3.2115E−02  −3.4091E−01 −2.0884E−01 −2.8984E−02 A16 =−3.0173E−02  6.0425E−02  2.8903E−02  2.5198E−03 Surface # 13 14 15 16 k=  9.0000E+01 −6.1966E+00 −3.3430E+00 −1.1857E+01 A4 = −1.9886E−02−1.0228E−01 −6.6243E−02 −6.7930E−02 A6 = −3.5924E−02  1.4623E−01 4.8219E−03  2.6428E−02 A8 = −1.2466E−01 −1.9786E−01 −1.1653E−02−9.5791E−03 A10 =  2.6752E−01  1.5123E−01  1.7358E−02  2.5255E−03 A12 =−2.1949E−01 −6.2229E−02 −7.9611E−03 −4.3794E−04 A14 =  9.0050E−02 1.4211E−02  1.8269E−03  4.4306E−05 A16 = −1.8218E−02 −1.7259E−03−2.3231E−04 −2.1167E−06 A18 =  1.4443E−03  9.1171E−05  1.5751E−05 1.2068E−08 A20 = −6.6671E−07 −4.4714E−07  1.6632E−09

In the 7th embodiment, the equation of the aspheric surface profiles ofthe aforementioned lens elements is the same as the equation from the1st embodiment. Also, the definitions of the parameters shown in thetable below are the same as those stated in the 1st embodiment, but thevalues for the conditions in the 7th embodiment are as specified below.

Embodiment 7 f [mm] 4.31 Y31/Y11 0.77 Yc62/Yc72 0 Fno 1.58 Y31/Y12 0.82EPD/(CT2 + CT3) 5.69 HFOV 39.0 Y31/Y21 0.86 CT1/(CT2 + CT3 + CT5) 1.07[deg.] V25 3 Y31/Y22 0.96 CT4/(CT2 + CT3) 0.92 V2 + 38.90 Y31/Y41 0.87(T12 + T34 + T45 + T56)/ 0.70 V3 (T23 + T67) Nmax 1.67 Y31/Y42 0.80T67/T45 2.08 V1/N1 36.30 Y31/Y51 0.76 (R11 + R12)/(R11 − R12) 0.99 V2/N211.66 Y31/Y52 0.63 f/R5 0.59 V3/N3 11.66 Y31/Y61 0.60 f/R10 0.84 V4/N436.26 Y31/Y62 0.50 TL/ImgH 1.50 V5/N5 11.66 Y31/Y71 0.42 f/f6 1.76 V6/N636.26 Y31/Y72 0.37 (|P2| + |P3| + |P4| + |P5|)/ 0.16 (|P6| + |P7|) V7/N736.46

8th Embodiment

FIG. 8A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 8thembodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 8B shows, in order from leftto right, longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmatic fieldcurves and a distortion curve of the imaging apparatus according to the8th embodiment.

In FIG. 8A, the imaging apparatus includes an imaging optical lensassembly (not otherwise herein labeled) of the present disclosure and animage sensor 895. The imaging optical lens assembly includes, in orderfrom an object side to an image side: an aperture stop 800, a first lenselement 810, a second lens element 820, a stop 801, a third lens element830, a fourth lens element 840, a fifth lens element 850, a sixth lenselement 860, a seventh lens element 870, an IR cut filter 880, and animage surface 890. The image sensor 895 is disposed on or near the imagesurface 890 of the imaging optical lens assembly. The optical imagecapturing lens assembly includes seven lens elements (810, 820, 830,840, 850, 860 and 870) with no additional lens element disposed betweenthe first lens element 810 and the seventh lens element 870.

The first lens element 810 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 811 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 812 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the first lens element 810 is made of glassmaterial.

The second lens element 820 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 821 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 822 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the second lens element 820 is made of plasticmaterial.

The third lens element 830 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 831 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 832 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the third lens element 830 is made of plasticmaterial. Moreover, the image-side surface 832 has at least one criticalpoint in an off-axis region thereof.

The fourth lens element 840 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 841 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 842 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the fourth lens element 840 is made of plasticmaterial.

The fifth lens element 850 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 851 being convex in a paraxial region thereof, animage-side surface 852 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the fifth lens element 850 is made of plasticmaterial.

The sixth lens element 860 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 861 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 862 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the sixth lens element 860 is made of plasticmaterial.

The seventh lens element 870 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 871 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 872 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the seventh lens element 870 is made of plasticmaterial. Moreover, the image-side surface 872 has at least one criticalpoint in an off-axis region thereof.

The IR cut filter 880 is disposed between the seventh lens element 870and the image surface 890. Furthermore, the IR cut filter 880 is made ofglass material and will not affect the focal length of the imagingoptical lens assembly.

The detailed optical data of the 8th embodiment are shown in TABLE 15,the aspheric surface data are shown in TABLE 16, wherein the units ofthe curvature radius, the thickness and the focal length are expressedin mm, and HFOV is half of the maximal field of view.

TABLE 15 (Embodiment 8) f = 4.21 mm, Fno = 1.53, HFOV = 39.4 deg.Curvature Focal Surface # Radius Thickness Material Index Abbe # Length0 Object Plano Infinity 1 Ape. Stop Plano −0.500 2 Lens 1 1.992 ASP0.733 Glass 1.518 63.5 4.80 3 8.756 ASP 0.030 4 Lens 2 2.986 ASP 0.156Plastic 1.671 19.3 −12.86 5 2.171 ASP 0.347 6 Stop Plano 0.081 7 Lens 33.518 ASP 0.200 Plastic 1.671 19.3 −18.20 8 2.669 ASP 0.131 9 Lens 44.527 ASP 0.577 Plastic 1.544 55.9 11.34 10 16.259 ASP 0.373 11 Lens 5100.000 ASP 0.323 Plastic 1.550 50.0 −15.71 12 7.942 ASP 0.085 13 Lens 61.433 ASP 0.317 Plastic 1.544 55.9 4.10 14 3.697 ASP 0.588 15 Lens 71.577 ASP 0.282 Plastic 1.544 55.9 −4.63 16 0.908 ASP 0.500 17 IR cutfilter Plano 0.210 Glass 1.517 64.2 — 18 Plano 0.360 19 Image surfacePlano — Note: Reference wavelength is d-line 587.6 nm The effectiveradius of Surface 6 is 1.200 mm

TABLE 16 Aspheric Coefficients Surface # 2 3 4 5 7 k = −1.0424E+00  3.3506E+01 −1.5532E+00 −9.2701E−01 −5.3417E+01 A4 = 1.2407E−02−2.2197E−02 −5.4258E−02 −4.3182E−02  1.2247E−02 A6 = 9.5681E−03−1.2676E−02  2.9626E−02  3.2849E−02 −1.0986E−01 A8 = −1.0420E−02  2.4959E−02 −1.4929E−02 −1.7314E−02  1.3797E−01 A10 = 4.0177E−03−2.1939E−02  2.2328E−02  1.5131E−02 −1.4514E−01 A12 = 1.6180E−04 8.8005E−03 −1.3361E−02 −4.6755E−03  6.9308E−02 A14 = −5.4900E−04 −1.7184E−03  2.9423E−03 −1.1550E−02 Surface # 8 9 10 11 12 k =−2.4032E+01 −2.3333E+01 6.2866E+01 −9.0000E+01 7.7159E+00 A4 =−1.8835E−02 −4.7959E−02 −3.0805E−02   1.6237E−02 −2.7550E−01  A6 =−7.9510E−02 −4.8034E−02 −3.6080E−02  −2.2501E−02 2.2793E−01 A8 = 1.4953E−01  1.2751E−01 1.1550E−02  2.8919E−02 −1.0691E−01  A10 =−1.6898E−01 −1.2235E−01 7.3846E−03 −4.9367E−02 1.0353E−02 A12 = 8.4364E−02  5.4476E−02 −6.6742E−03   3.1673E−02 9.1617E−03 A14 =−1.4223E−02 −9.0006E−03 1.3373E−03 −9.2496E−03 −3.0166E−03  A16 = 1.0303E−03 2.7071E−04 Surface # 13 14 15 16 k = −2.6509E+00 −8.2234E+01−1.3324E+01 −5.1170E+00 A4 = −2.9747E−02  3.4764E−01 −3.8913E−01−2.4798E−01 A6 =  5.6389E−02 −3.9007E−01  2.2839E−01  1.6662E−01 A8 =−1.7088E−01  2.0575E−01 −9.3920E−02 −8.2271E−02 A10 =  1.6083E−01−6.7876E−02  3.2325E−02  2.8563E−02 A12 = −9.2986E−02  1.3297E−02−8.2437E−03 −6.6058E−03 A14 =  3.5494E−02 −1.0418E−03  1.3945E−03 9.7860E−04 A16 = −8.6163E−03 −1.0360E−04 −1.4602E−04 −8.8376E−05 A18 = 1.1975E−03  2.6266E−05  8.5662E−06  4.3997E−06 A20 = −7.1869E−05−1.4455E−06 −2.1546E−07 −9.1876E−08

In the 8th embodiment, the equation of the aspheric surface profiles ofthe aforementioned lens elements is the same as the equation from the1st embodiment. Also, the definitions of the parameters shown in thetable below are the same as those stated in the 1st embodiment, but thevalues for the conditions in the 8th embodiment are as specified below.

Embodiment 8 f [mm] 4.21 Y31/Y11 0.88 Yc62/Yc72 1.24 Fno 1.53 Y31/Y120.92 EPD/(CT2 + CT3) 7.73 HFOV 39.4 Y31/Y21 0.98 CT1/(CT2 + CT3 + CT5)1.08 [deg.] V25 2 Y31/Y22 1.02 CT4/(CT2 + CT3) 1.62 V2 + 38.59 Y31/Y410.84 (T12 + T34 + T45 + T56)/ 0.61 V3 (T23 + T67) Nmax 1.67 Y31/Y42 0.78T67/T45 1.58 V1/N1 41.87 Y31/Y51 0.73 (R11 + R12)/(R11 − R12) −2.27V2/N2 11.55 Y31/Y52 0.66 f/R5 1.20 V3/N3 11.55 Y31/Y61 0.62 f/R10 0.53V4/N4 36.23 Y31/Y62 0.53 TL/ImgH 1.50 V5/N5 32.26 Y31/Y71 0.47 f/f6 1.03V6/N6 36.23 Y31/Y72 0.44 (|P2| + |P3| + |P4| + |P5|)/ 0.62 (|P6| + |P7|)V7/N7 36.23

9th Embodiment

FIG. 9A is a schematic view of an imaging apparatus according to the 9thembodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 9B shows, in order from leftto right, longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmatic fieldcurves and a distortion curve of the imaging apparatus according to the9th embodiment.

In FIG. 9A, the imaging apparatus includes an imaging optical lensassembly (not otherwise herein labeled) of the present disclosure and animage sensor 995. The imaging optical lens assembly includes, in orderfrom an object side to an image side: an aperture stop 900, a first lenselement 910, a second lens element 920, a stop 901, a third lens element930, a fourth lens element 940, a fifth lens element 950, a sixth lenselement 960, a seventh lens element 970, an IR cut filter 980, and animage surface 990. The image sensor 995 is disposed on or near the imagesurface 990 of the imaging optical lens assembly. The optical imagecapturing lens assembly includes seven lens elements (910, 920, 930,940, 950, 960 and 970) with no additional lens element disposed betweenthe first lens element 910 and the seventh lens element 970.

The first lens element 910 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 911 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 912 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the first lens element 910 is made of plasticmaterial.

The second lens element 920 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 921 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 922 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the second lens element 920 is made of plasticmaterial.

The third lens element 930 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 931 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 932 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the third lens element 930 is made of plasticmaterial. Moreover, the image-side surface 932 has at least one criticalpoint in an off-axis region thereof.

The fourth lens element 940 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 941 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 942 being convex in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the fourth lens element 940 is made of plasticmaterial.

The fifth lens element 950 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 951 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, animage-side surface 952 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the fifth lens element 950 is made of plasticmaterial.

The sixth lens element 960 with positive refractive power has anobject-side surface 961 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 962 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the sixth lens element 960 is made of plasticmaterial.

The seventh lens element 970 with negative refractive power has anobject-side surface 971 being convex in a paraxial region thereof and animage-side surface 972 being concave in a paraxial region thereof, whichare both aspheric, and the seventh lens element 970 is made of plasticmaterial. Moreover, the image-side surface 972 has at least one criticalpoint in an off-axis region thereof.

The IR cut filter 980 is disposed between the seventh lens element 970and the image surface 990. Furthermore, the IR cut filter 980 is made ofglass material and will not affect the focal length of the imagingoptical lens assembly.

Please refer to FIG. 10, which is a schematic view showing parametersY72, Yc62 and Yc72 obtained from the example according to the 9thembodiment. A vertical distance between the convex critical point CP62farthest away from the optical axis within a maximum effective diameterof the image-side surface 962 of the sixth lens element 960 and theoptical axis is Yc62 (if the critical point is located on the opticalaxis, Yc62 is 0). A vertical distance between the convex critical pointCP72 farthest away from the optical axis within a maximum effectivediameter of the image-side surface 972 of the seventh lens element 970and the optical axis is Yc72 (if the critical point is located on theoptical axis, Yc72 is 0). A maximum effective radius of the image-sidesurface 972 of the seventh lens element 970 is Y72.

The detailed optical data of the 9th embodiment are shown in TABLE 17,the aspheric surface data are shown in TABLE 18, wherein the units ofthe curvature radius, the thickness and the focal length are expressedin mm, and HFOV is a half of the maximal field of view.

TABLE 17 (Embodiment 9) f = 4.20 mm, Fno = 1.75, HFOV = 40.5 deg.Curvature Focal Surface # Radius Thickness Material Index Abbe # Length0 Object Plano Infinity 1 Ape. Stop Plano −0.410 2 Lens 1 1.907 ASP0.573 Plastic 1.544 55.9 4.40 3 8.423 ASP 0.030 4 Lens 2 3.339 ASP 0.150Plastic 1.639 23.5 −10.18 5 2.168 ASP 0.323 6 Stop Plano 0.122 7 Lens 34.108 ASP 0.206 Plastic 1.671 19.3 −12.69 8 2.715 ASP 0.069 9 Lens 44.987 ASP 0.769 Plastic 1.544 55.9 8.08 10 −35.016 ASP 0.313 11 Lens 5−30.066 ASP 0.307 Plastic 1.560 43.3 −15.20 12 11.923 ASP 0.076 13 Lens6 1.515 ASP 0.307 Plastic 1.544 55.9 4.17 14 4.233 ASP 0.630 15 Lens 72.057 ASP 0.329 Plastic 1.544 55.9 −4.28 16 1.031 ASP 0.500 17 IR cutfilter Plano 0.210 Glass 1.517 64.2 — 18 Plano 0.377 19 Image surfacePlano — Note: Reference wavelength is d-line 587.6 nm The effectiveradius of Surface 6 is 1.150 mm

TABLE 16 Aspheric Coefficients Surface # 2 3 4 5 7 k = −6.8901E−013.5820E+01 −1.7632E+00 −7.0952E−01 −9.0000E+01 A4 =  1.5706E−02−8.0125E−02  −1.4615E−01 −8.7217E−02  8.6773E−03 A6 = −2.5985E−031.5605E−01  2.5575E−01  1.1647E−01 −1.6166E−01 A8 =  1.2345E−02−2.0104E−01  −2.7360E−01 −6.9281E−02  2.1060E−01 A10 = −2.1716E−021.5577E−01  2.1504E−01  2.6212E−02 −2.1791E−01 A12 =  1.7447E−02−6.8998E−02  −1.0430E−01 −4.9719E−03  1.1836E−01 A14 = −5.7817E−031.1846E−02  2.2817E−02 −2.7010E−02 Surface # 8 9 10 11 12 k =−2.7970E+01 −1.1733E+01 −9.0000E+01 −9.0000E+01   3.3421E+01 A4 =−5.7300E−03 −5.9177E−02 −2.8535E−02 1.8421E−03 −3.0039E−01 A6 =−1.1915E−01 −1.4554E−02 −2.6049E−02 2.4580E−02  3.2988E−01 A8 = 1.7225E−01  8.3785E−02 −1.2262E−02 −6.6265E−02  −2.5657E−01 A10 =−1.6230E−01 −8.5964E−02  2.9561E−02 2.0944E−02  1.0962E−01 A12 = 7.8370E−02  4.0167E−02 −1.6103E−02 9.3129E−03 −2.3372E−02 A14 =−1.3425E−02 −7.0596E−03  2.7654E−03 −6.7196E−03   2.1190E−03 A16 =1.0610E−03 −3.9119E−05 Surface # 13 14 15 16 k = −2.7162E+00 −5.0782E+01−1.3946E+01 −4.8364E+00 A4 = −5.6042E−02  2.9956E−01 −3.3619E−01−2.0712E−01 A6 =  6.7432E−02 −3.7008E−01  1.8421E−01  1.2977E−01 A8 =−1.8119E−01  2.1899E−01 −7.6134E−02 −6.0223E−02 A10 =  1.8133E−01−8.4620E−02  2.8756E−02  1.9946E−02 A12 = −1.1264E−01  2.2340E−02−8.1963E−03 −4.5791E−03 A14 =  4.6780E−02 −3.9283E−03  1.5314E−03 7.0427E−04 A16 = −1.2547E−02  4.3262E−04 −1.7464E−04 −6.9062E−05 A18 = 1.9365E−03 −2.6461E−05  1.1027E−05  3.9051E−06 A20 = −1.2841E−04 6.6460E−07 −2.9588E−07 −9.6814E−08

In the 9th embodiment, the equation of the aspheric surface profiles ofthe aforementioned lens elements is the same as the equation from the1st embodiment. Also, the definitions of the parameters shown in thetable below are the same as those stated in the 1st embodiment, but thevalues for the conditions in the 9th embodiment are as specified below.

Embodiment 9 f [mm] 4.20 Y31/Y11 0.97 Yc62/Yc72 1.14 Fno 1.75 Y31/Y121.01 EPD/(CT2 + CT3) 6.74 HFOV 40.5 Y31/Y21 0.99 CT1/(CT2 + CT3 + CT5)0.86 [deg.] V25 2 Y31/Y22 1.02 CT4/(CT2 + CT3) 2.16 V2 + 42.79 Y31/Y410.83 (T12 + T34 + T45 + T56)/ 0.45 V3 (T23 + T67) Nmax 1.67 Y31/Y42 0.75T67/T45 2.01 V1/N1 36.23 Y31/Y51 0.72 (R11 + R12)/(R11 − R12) −2.11V2/N2 14.34 Y31/Y52 0.66 f/R5 1.02 V3/N3 11.55 Y31/Y61 0.62 f/R10 0.35V4/N4 36.23 Y31/Y62 0.49 TL/ImgH 1.50 V5/N5 27.78 Y31/Y71 0.45 f/f6 1.01V6/N6 36.23 Y31/Y72 0.42 (|P2| + |P3| + |P4| + |P5|)/ 0.77 (|P6| + |P7|)V7/N7 36.23

10th Embodiment

FIG. 11 is a schematic block diagram of an imaging apparatus 10 aaccording to the 10th embodiment. In the present embodiment, the imagingapparatus 10 a is a camera module. The imaging apparatus 10 a includes alens unit 11 a, a driving device 12 a, and an image sensor 13 a. Thelens unit 11 a includes the imaging optical lens assembly of the 1stembodiment, and a lens barrel (not otherwise herein labeled) forcarrying the imaging optical lens assembly. The imaging apparatus 10 aretrieves light and generates an image in the lens unit 11 a, adjuststhe focus by the driving device 12 a to photograph on the image sensor13 a, and outputs the image data thereafter.

The driving device 12 a may be an auto-focus module driven by a voicecoil motor (VCM), a micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS), apiezoelectric system, shape memory metal or other driving systems. Thedriving device 12 a allows the lens unit 11 a to obtain a better imagingposition, provide a clear image of an imaged object 30 (Please refer toFIG. 12B) at different object distances.

The imaging apparatus 10 a may be configured to equip the image sensor13 a (e.g., CMOS, CCD) with high sensitivity and low noise on the imagesurface of the imaging optical lens assembly to provide high definitionimages obtained from the imaging optical lens assembly.

In addition, the imaging apparatus 10 a may further include an imagestabilizer 14 a, which may be a dynamic sensing element such as anaccelerometer, a gyro sensor or a Hall Effect sensor. The imagestabilizer 14 a in the 11th embodiment is a gyro sensor but is notlimited thereto. By adjusting the imaging optical lens assembly indifferent axial directions to compensate image blurs due to motionsduring exposures, the image quality under dynamic and low-lightcircumstances can be further improved and enhanced image compensationfunctions such as optical image stabilization (OIS) or electronic imagestabilization (EIS) can also be provided.

11th Embodiment

Please refer to FIG. 12A and FIG. 12B. FIG. 12A is a 3-dimensionalschematic view of an electronic device 20 according to the 11thembodiment. FIG. 12B is a schematic view of the electronic device 20shown in FIG. 12A. In the present embodiment, the electronic device 20is a smartphone. The electronic device 20 includes the imaging apparatus10 a of the 10th embodiment, a flash module 21, a focus assist module22, an image signal processor 23, a user interface 24, and an imagesoftware processor 25 (Please refer to FIG. 12B). In the 11thembodiment, the electronic device 20 includes three imaging apparatus 10a, 10 b, 10 c, wherein the imaging apparatus 10 a includes a main lens,the imaging apparatus 10 b includes a wide-angle lens, and the imagingapparatus 10 c includes a telephoto lens, but the disclosure is notlimited thereto. For example, three imaging apparatus may be the imagingapparatus 10 a, the imaging apparatus 10 a, the imaging apparatus 10 b,or other combinations. In addition, the electronic device 20 may includeonly one imaging apparatus 10 a, or may include two or more imagingapparatus.

When a user utilizes the user interface 24 to capture images of theobject 30 (Please refer to FIG. 12B), the electronic device 20 retrievesthe light and captures an image via at least one of the imagingapparatus 10 a, the imaging apparatus 10 b, the imaging apparatus 10 c,while triggering the flash module 21 to compensate in case ofinsufficient amount of light, and focusing instantly according to thedistance information of the object 30 provided by the focus assistmodule 22. The images are further optimized by the image signalprocessor 23 to enhance the image quality generated by the imagingoptical lens assembly. The focus assist module 22 may adopt an infraredor laser focus assist system to achieve quick focusing. The userinterface 24 may adopt a touch screen or a physical shutter button withvarious functions of the image software processor 25 to perform imagecapturing and image processing.

The imaging apparatus 10 a of the present disclosure is not limited toutilizations in the smartphone. The imaging apparatus 10 a may beinstalled in a system of moving focus and features in excellentaberration corrections and image quality. For example, the imagingapparatus 10 a may be applied in various applications such as carelectronics, drones, smart electronic products, tablet computers,wearable devices, medical devices, precision instruments, surveillancecameras, portable video recorders, identification systems, multi-lensdevices, somatosensory detections, virtual reality systems, motiondevices, home intelligent auxiliary systems and other electronicdevices. The aforementioned electronic apparatus is merely exemplary ofpractical use of the present disclosure and does not limit the scope ofapplication of the imaging apparatus of the present disclosure.

The aforementioned exemplary figures of different electronic devices areonly exemplary for showing the imaging apparatus of the presentdisclosure installed in an electronic device, and the present disclosureis not limited thereto. Preferably, the electronic device can furtherinclude a control unit, a display unit, a storage unit, a random accessmemory unit (RAM) or a combination thereof.

The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has beendescribed with reference to specific embodiments. It is to be noted thatTABLES 1-18 show different data of the different embodiments; however,the data of the different embodiments are obtained from experiments. Theembodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain theprinciples of the disclosure and its practical applications, and therebyto enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the disclosure andvarious embodiments with various modifications as are suited to theparticular use contemplated. The embodiments depicted above and theappended drawings are exemplary and are not intended to be exhaustive orto limit the scope of the present disclosure to the precise formsdisclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in view of theabove teachings.

What is claimed is:
 1. An imaging optical lens assembly, comprisingseven lens elements, the seven lens elements being, in order from anobject side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lenselement, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lenselement, a sixth lens element, and a seventh lens element; wherein thefirst lens element with positive refractive power has an object-sidesurface being convex in a paraxial region thereof; the second lenselement has negative refractive power; and the seventh lens element withnegative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in aparaxial region thereof and at least one critical point in an off-axisregion thereof, while the image-side surface and an object-side surfaceof the seventh lens element being both aspheric; wherein an Abbe numberof the second lens element is V2, an Abbe number of the third lenselement is V3, a focal length of the imaging optical lens assembly is f,a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the third lens elementis R5, a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fifth lenselement is R10, an axial distance between the fourth lens element andthe fifth lens element on the optical axis is T45, an axial distancebetween the sixth lens element and the seventh lens element is T67, anaxial distance between the first lens element and an image surface isTL, a maximum image height of the imaging optical lens assembly is ImgH,and the following conditions are satisfied:V2+V3≤44.7;0≤f/R5;0≤f/R10;T67/T45<8.0; andTL/ImgH≤1.62.
 2. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim 1, whereinthe Abbe number of the second lens element is V2, the Abbe number of thethird lens element is V3, and the following condition is satisfied:20<V2+V3<50.
 3. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim 1, wherein avertical distance between a convex critical point farthest away from theoptical axis within a maximum effective diameter of an image-sidesurface of the sixth lens element and the optical axis is Yc62; avertical distance between a convex critical point farthest away from theoptical axis within a maximum effective diameter of the image-sidesurface of the seventh lens element and the optical axis is Yc72, andthe following condition is satisfied:0.20<Yc62/Yc72<1.70.
 4. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim 1,wherein the sixth lens element has positive refractive power.
 5. Theimaging optical lens assembly of claim 1, wherein a central thickness ofthe second lens element is CT2, a central thickness of the third lenselement is CT3, a central thickness of the fourth lens element is CT4,and the following condition is satisfied:0.75<CT4/(CT2+CT3)<2.5.
 6. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim 1,wherein the fourth lens element has an object-side surface being convexin a paraxial region thereof.
 7. The imaging optical lens assembly ofclaim 1, wherein an Abbe number of one lens elements is V, a refractiveindex of the said lens element is N, an Abbe number of the first elementis V1, and the following conditions are satisfied:50<V1; and at least one of the lens elements satisfies 8.0<V/N<12.5. 8.The imaging optical lens assembly of claim 1, wherein the focal lengthof the imaging optical lens assembly is f, a focal length of the sixthlens element is f6, and the following condition is satisfied:0.50<f/f6<1.80.
 9. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim 1, whereinan axial distance between the first lens element and the second lenselement is T12, an axial distance between the second lens element andthe third lens element is T23, an axial distance between the third lenselement and the fourth lens element is T34, the axial distance betweenthe fourth lens element and the fifth lens element is T45, an axialdistance between the fifth lens element and the sixth lens element isT56, the axial distance between the sixth lens element and the seventhlens element is T67, and the following condition is satisfied:(T12+T34+T45+T56)/(T23+T67)<1.0.
 10. The imaging optical lens assemblyof claim 1, wherein the third lens element has an image-side surfacebeing concave in a paraxial region thereof, and the image-side surfaceof the third lens element has at least one critical point in an off-axisregion thereof.
 11. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim 1,wherein a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the sixth lenselement is R11, a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the sixthlens element is R12, and the following condition is satisfied:(R11+R12)/(R11−R12)<0.65.
 12. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim1, wherein the second lens element has an object-side surface beingconvex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface beingconcave in a paraxial region thereof.
 13. The imaging optical lensassembly of claim 1, wherein a maximum effective radius of theobject-side surface of the first lens element is Y11, a maximumeffective radius of an image-side surface of the first lens element isY12, a maximum effective radius of an object-side surface of the secondlens element is Y21, a maximum effective radius of an image-side surfaceof the second lens element is Y22, a maximum effective radius of theobject-side surface of the third lens element is Y31, a maximumeffective radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens element isY41, a maximum effective radius of an image-side surface of the fourthlens element is Y42, a maximum effective radius of an object-sidesurface of the fifth lens element is Y51, a maximum effective radius ofthe image-side surface of the fifth lens element is Y52, a maximumeffective radius of an object-side surface of the sixth lens element isY61, a maximum effective radius of an image-side surface of the sixthlens element is Y62, a maximum effective radius of the object-sidesurface of the seventh lens element is Y71, a maximum effective radiusof the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is Y72, and thefollowing conditions are satisfied:Y31/Y11<1.0;Y31/Y12<1.0;Y31/Y21<1.0;Y31/Y22<1.0;Y31/Y41<1.0;Y31/Y42<1.0;Y31/Y51<1.0;Y31/Y52<1.0;Y31/Y61<1.0;Y31/Y62<1.0;Y31/Y71<1.0; andY31/Y72<1.0.
 14. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim 1, wherein atotal number of the lens elements having an Abbe number less than 25 isV25, and the following condition is satisfied:3≤V25.
 15. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim 1, wherein an Abbenumber of a lens element is V, a refractive index of the said lenselement is N, and at least one of the seven lens elements satisfies thefollowing condition:8.0<V/N<12.0.
 16. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim 1, whereinan entrance pupil diameter of the imaging optical lens assembly is EPD,a central thickness of the second lens element is CT2, a centralthickness of the third lens element is CT3, and the following conditionis satisfied:4.50<EPD/(CT2+CT3)<9.0.
 17. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim1, wherein a highest refractive index of a lens element among the sevenlens elements is Nmax, and the following condition is satisfied:1.650<Nmax<1.750.
 18. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim 1,wherein a central thickness of the first lens element is CT1, a centralthickness of the second lens element is CT2, a central thickness of thethird lens element is CT3, a central thickness of the fifth lens elementis CT5, and the following condition is satisfied:0.75<CT1/(CT2+CT3+CT5)<2.0.
 19. The imaging optical lens assembly ofclaim 1, wherein the focal length of the imaging optical lens assemblyis f, a focal length of a lens element is fx, a parameter of therefractive power of the said lens element is Px, and the followingconditions are satisfied:Px=f/fx, x=2˜7; and0.25<(|P2|+|P3|+|P4|+|P5|)/(|P6|+|P7|)<1.0.
 20. The imaging optical lensassembly of claim 1, wherein an f-number of the imaging optical lensassembly is Fno, the axial distance between the object-side surface ofthe first lens element and the image surface is TL, the maximum imageheight of the imaging optical lens assembly is ImgH, the Abbe number ofthe second lens element is V2, the Abbe number of the third lens elementis V3, and the following conditions are satisfied:1.0<Fno≤1.70;1.0<TL/ImgH≤1.53; andV2+V3≤42.8.
 21. An imaging apparatus, comprising the imaging opticallens assembly of claim 1 and an image sensor disposed on the imagesurface of the imaging optical lens assembly.
 22. An electronic device,comprising the imaging apparatus of claim
 21. 23. An imaging opticallens assembly, comprising seven lens elements, the seven lens elementsbeing, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lenselement, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lenselement, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, and a seventh lenselement; wherein the first lens element has positive refractive powerand an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof;the second lens element has negative refractive power; and, the seventhlens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surfacebeing convex in a paraxial region thereof, an image-side surface beingconcave in a paraxial region and having at least one critical point inan off-axis region thereof; the image-side surface and the object-sidesurface of the seventh lens element are both aspheric; wherein an Abbenumber of the second lens element is V2, an Abbe number of the thirdlens element is V3, a focal length of the imaging optical lens assemblyis f, a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the third lenselement is R5, a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fifthlens element is R10, an axial distance between the first lens elementand an image surface is TL, a maximum image height of the imagingoptical lens assembly is ImgH, and the following conditions aresatisfied:V2+V3≤42.8;0≤f/R5;0≤f/R10, andTL/ImgH≤1.50.
 24. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim 23, whereina maximum effective radius of the object-side surface of the first lenselement is Y11, a maximum effective radius of an image-side surface ofthe first lens element is Y12, a maximum effective radius of anobject-side surface of the second lens element is Y21, a maximumeffective radius of an image-side surface of the second lens element isY22, a maximum effective radius of the object-side surface of the thirdlens element is Y31, a maximum effective radius of an object-sidesurface of the fourth lens element is Y41, a maximum effective radius ofan image-side surface of the fourth lens element is Y42, a maximumeffective radius of an object-side surface of the fifth lens element isY51, a maximum effective radius of the image-side surface of the fifthlens element is Y52, a maximum effective radius of an object-sidesurface of the sixth lens element is Y61, a maximum effective radius ofan image-side surface of the sixth lens element is Y62, a maximumeffective radius of the object-side surface of the seventh lens elementis Y71, a maximum effective radius of the image-side surface of theseventh lens element is Y72, and the following conditions are satisfied:Y31/Y11<1.0;Y31/Y12<1.0;Y31/Y21<1.0;Y31/Y22<1.0;Y31/Y41<1.0;Y31/Y42<1.0;Y31/Y51<1.0;Y31/Y52<1.0;Y31/Y61<1.0;Y31/Y62<1.0;Y31/Y71<1.0; andY31/Y72<1.0.
 25. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim 23, whereina highest refractive index of a lens element among the seven lenselements is Nmax, and the following condition is satisfied:1.650<Nmax<1.750.
 26. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim 23,wherein the focal length of the imaging optical lens assembly is f, afocal length of a lens element is fx, a parameter of the refractivepower of the said lens element is Px, and the following conditions aresatisfied:Px=f/fx, x=2˜7; and0.25<(|P2|+|P3|+|P4|+|P5|)/(|P6|+|P7|)<1.0.
 27. The imaging optical lensassembly of claim 23, wherein a central thickness of the second lenselement is CT2, a central thickness of the third lens element is CT3, acentral thickness of the fourth lens element is CT4, and the followingcondition is satisfied:0.75<CT4/(CT2+CT3)<2.0.
 28. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim23, wherein a total number of the lens elements having an Abbe numberless than 25 is V25, and the following condition is satisfied:3≤V25.
 29. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim 23, wherein anentrance pupil diameter of the imaging optical lens assembly is EPD, acentral thickness of the second lens element is CT2, a central thicknessof the third lens element is CT3, and the following condition issatisfied:4.50<EPD/(CT2+CT3)<9.0.
 30. The imaging optical lens assembly of claim23, wherein an Abbe number of a lens element is V and a refractive indexof the said lens element is N, and at least one lens element of theseven lens elements satisfies the following condition:8.0<V/N<12.0.